Brian Cox remembers the first time he visited the Prado in 1971: “With Franco the museum was terrible”

The time has come to find out who will be the final heir of ‘Succession’, the series with which HBO Max continues to show that they are capable of producing the best series of the moment. To do this, we spoke with Logan Roy himself, the patriarch of an empire of fire and brimstone who is incarnated by a much more pleasant Brian Cox, delighted with his visit to Madrid and in love with the Prado Museum.

“It has been great, I love it, I adore the Prado“, he admits after having been in the news when all the media covered Brian Cox’s visit to the Prado Museum. “I came here for the first time in 1971, yes, I think it was the first time I came. I made my first film in Madrid, ‘Nicolás y Alejandra’, I played Trotsky. and i did it here“.

Completists, who should have already read our analysis of the beginning of the first chapter of the final season of ‘Succession’, will be looking for the film that Franklin J. Schaffner shot just after succeeding with hits like ‘Planet of the Apes’ (1968 ) and ‘Patton’ (1970) and before the wonderful ‘Papillon’ (1973). Luckily for them, ‘Nicolás y Alejandra’ (1971) is available in the Amazon Prime Video and Filmin catalogues.

“It was Franco’s time and, well, you know, Franco, the less I say the better.continues Cox. “The point is that I went to the Prado and I couldn’t believe how terrible the museum was at that time. All these incredible paintings were very poorly lit, you couldn’t see them, it was a very dark place. Now, and not only now because I also came recently, I went to the Prado again about four years ago, it’s fantastic”.

“I mean, It has probably become the best museum for art in the world.“, sentence. “The lighting, the rooms… There is an elegance in the rooms that embraces you, the paintings embrace you in some way. I love it, I really love it.”

“The knowledge of his team is simply dazzling. When they stopped at Bosco, in his triptych, and started talking about it, I was amazed,” says a dedicated Cox. “It is impressive, I have been very, very impressive with the team and with the state of the Prado. It makes coming to Madrid worthwhile, don’t you think?“

Essential thanks to his roles in jewels such as ‘Braveheart’ (Mel Gibson, 1995), ‘The Bourne Case’ (Doug Liman, 2002), ‘Last Night’ (Spike Lee, 2002), ‘Adaptation. The orchid thief’ (Spike Jonze, 2002), ‘Troy’ (2004), ‘Match Point’ (Woody Allen, 2005) and ‘Zodiac’ (David Fincher, 2007), Brian Cox will go down in history for his incredible incarnation of Logan Roythe head of the family of the impossible corporation that stars in ‘Succession’, a production that presents its fourth and final season while looking for a place at the top of the best series in history.