Well, Game of Thrones went on to be a huge success and everybody involved earned an absolute fortune, of course,” Cox said.
In his recently released memoir Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (via Esquire), Cox revealed that he was offered a role in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, but turned it down because the pay wasn’t quite what he would have liked.
Brian Cox is currently the star of the HBO hit series Succession, but prior to his run as Logan Roy, Cox turned down another big role for an even bigger television series.
Let’s face it, if you come on with hands like that and pale, scarred-face make-up, you don’t have to do anything.