Brian Cox recently spilled the tea on the future of Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Cox revealed that he was “terrified” at the thought that the TCM network could be shut down and Warner Bros. Discovery may have been ready to “pull the plug.”
“I just wrote something about Facebook because I’m terrified,” he said Above the line.
Interestingly, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson set up a meeting with CEO David Zaslav to express why TCM was so important, as they were assured that the network wasn’t going anywhere.
“The head of Warner Brothers just got rid of TCM/Turner Classic Movies, which I think is one of the most vital resources — and certainly Robert Osborne created it, and the five girls who run it now,” Cox said.
The Succession The alum revealed, “So who’s a movie expert? I just love that sense of who we are, where we’ve come from and our history.”
“It’s vital to me that we see it and experience it,” he added.
Reflecting on film and TCM, Cox explained, “For me, the history of film, watching it and the way TCM presents it are incredible resources because they really make me realize how far we’ve come.”
“But also how far we have not traveled. You know, we’ve technically traveled, but when it comes to the truth of acting, there are no truer players than Spencer Tracy or Katherine Hepburn. And you see them together in what they create, so cinema has always been vital to me. Absolutely vital,” he concluded.
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