Brian Cox to Compete in Lead Actor Category at Emmys

[tillychar]

Brian Cox Submits for Lead Actor Drama for ‘Succession’ Despite Limited Screen Time (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/zomSolXoTR
- Variety (@Variety) May 8, 2023

Brian Cox has officially submitted his performance in season 4 of Succession into the Best Lead Actor in a Drama category. This ends speculation that he would switch to the supporting or guest

Comments

[squirrels_oh_no]

That's an interesting strategy given how quickly he was killed off. Is guest actor even crowded this year?

[frelling_tralk]

I saw some speculation in the past that he might not want to submit for Guest Actor as it’s not considered as prestigious, apparently it’s not a category that gets awarded on the night of the main show, so he likely wouldn’t want to win for that when he was a lead for most of Succession’s run

Seems like a dumb decision to me though when everyone was assuming that he would get an easy win for that, while the rest of the cast would take lead and supporting, instead there’s a real risk now of Kieran, Jeremy, and Brian splitting the votes if they’re all up against one another in the same category

[rihaty]

I’m a bit surprised because I wouldn’t think Brian Cox would care that much about the prestige of the category. And given Succession plus the last of us guest actor nominees they may have chosen to televise the category this year.

[lieselmeminger]

honestly, if it all leads to a bob odenkirk win in lead actor i can't say i'd be really upset

[tillychar]

there's a handful of potential nominees from the last of us who i think have a good chance now that he's out, maybe nick offerman or murray bartlett. i think brian cox would've won over them though honestly since succession is going to sweep.