Cinema has lost its place partly because of all the grandiose elements like Marvel and DC.
Its beginning to implode, so youre kind of losing the plot.
And television has really stolen the mark.
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Look at incredible things likeRipleyandSuccession.
There are so many.
But he zeroed in on other performers who have become frequent faces on the superhero scene.
Its become a party time for certain actors to do their stuff.
But its because they go down that road and its all box office.
They make a lot of money out of it.
You cant knock it.
Coxs critical assessment of the industry didnt stop there.
TheSuccessionactor continued to raise the point of what he described as the disgusting business of self-tape auditions.
Whats difficult for actors these days is the lack of intimacy with the casting director.
Now they want every young actor or actress to make their own self-tapes.
And they have to do that without actually meeting anybody, Cox said.
Whereas now young actors are in limbo and its designed for them to stay there.
Its disgusting quite frankly and it needs to stop.
We dont get our place artistically, he said of his countrys reputation globally.
We created the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe which is probably the greatest fringe event ever.
So we do that kind of thing.
But for homegrown stuff, its very very hard.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival runs until August 21.
