Cox says it’s “brilliant” that co-star Alan Cumming has taken over as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, but his own packed schedule means he’s unable to appear in any future shows.
His next job is in the second season of the sequel Dexter: Resurrection which reunites him with Michael C Hall.
“I last worked with him nearly 30 years ago,” Cox says.
“We were in the David Hare show Skylight and the reason I remember it so well was that we were having lunch in 1997 in a place on Sunset when we heard Princess Diana had died.”
Later this summer, he’ll play Johann Sebastian Bach in the US premiere of the play The Score, directed by Trevor Nunn, who at 86 is also keen to fly the flag for older talent.
Cox doesn’t need much encouragement. In one scene in Glenrothan, he rugby tackles Alan Cumming’s Donal to the ground and wrestles him.
“We’re too old for this,” moans Donal.
“Says whom?” says Cox as Sandy.
He chortles. His only regret was failing to capture the reaction shot.
“I stupidly didn’t take the shot of Alan watching me rushing at him,” he says.
“I should have cut ‘boom, boom, boom’ because the look on Alan’s face was brilliant. No idea what was coming!”
