During filming for the series, Cox got the chance to see \u201chow ordinary people would cope with being on a James Bond adventure\u201d, but this isn\u2019t the first time he has dabbled in the set worlds.<\/p>\n
In the early 2000s, Cox played CIA boss Ward Abbott in the Bourne trilogy, with many critics thinking Matt Damon\u2019s Jason Bourne may have inspired Daniel Craig\u2019s James Bond.<\/p>\n
With some of the older films now facing criticism for not being politically correct, Cox spoke with Radio Times magazine<\/strong> about the James Bond franchise.<\/p> When asked if he still thinks it\u2019s okay to air the movies, even if they contain language we don\u2019t use in today\u2019s society, Cox said: \u201cYeah, I think that\u2019s OK\u2026 because the only way we can understand who we are is by acknowledging our history.<\/p>\n \u201cLook what\u2019s happening in the world today: if we had a real sense of who we are, we wouldn\u2019t have had the idiotic clown from Eton [Boris Johnson] or the Pink Pinocchio [Donald Trump] or Borsch and Tears [Vladimir Putin].\u201d<\/p>\n While he admitted it\u2019s \u201cfine\u201d to have disclaimers on older programmes, Cox said \u201cit\u2019s a wonderful tradition that we try to carry on\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t muck around with Shakespeare; we shouldn\u2019t muck around with James Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n 007: Road to a Million will air on Amazon on Friday 10th November, in what Cox describes as an \u201cintense and nail-biting\u201d challenge.<\/p>\n Talking about his role in the competition show, Cox said: \u201cI enjoyed my role as both villain and tormentor, with license to put the hopeful participants through the mangle.\u201d<\/p>\n 007 Road to a Million will air on Prime Video on 10th November 2023 \u2013 you can sign up now for a free 30-day Prime Video trial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for something else to watch in the meantime? Check out our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> or visit our dedicated Entertainment<\/a> hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 subscribe now<\/a> and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special issue of Radio Times. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Brian Cox spoke to Radio Times magazine about 007: Road to a Million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38483,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/brian-cox-we-shouldnt-muck-around-with-james-bond-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Brian Cox spoke to Radio Times magazine about 007: Road to a Million.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/38482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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