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Why Succession’s Brian Cox would never play Donald Trump

Why Succession’s Brian Cox would never play Donald Trump

“You look for characters who have some redeeming qualities,” says the actor who played Logan Roy. Presumably this includes economist Adam Smith, who the Scotsman is portraying in a new stage play.

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in “Succession”. HBO

From the top floor of a flat in Primrose Hill in London, Brian Cox can be seen picking his way along the edge of the park. This flat belongs to a PR boss in charge of Cox’s new project, but Cox lives nearby. He disappears from view, and somewhere far below, a door slams. When he arrives at the top of the house, a bit out of breath, he points out his new place: the one with scaffolding.

Cox, married to the actor Nicole Ansari-Cox with whom he’s performed on stage, has long spoken of separate rooms as the secret to a happy marriage, but now there are separate flats too. “She’s heading towards minimalism. So I said, ‘Good luck!’” Ansari-Cox lives across the park, which is an uphill walk. “So she’ll be visiting me – occasionally! Ha ha ha!”

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