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😂 I don’t know why this made me think of Theon Greyjoy “SOME BAD YEARS??!!”

I'M SORRY X( Good news is that there may be a 'lil something something going live tonight!

@@MovieMan101 I hope it rhymes with Giving Truss

Yeah, in retrospect that makes the most sense. I guess Colin's phrasing just threw me off a bit.

Like the world's most awkward ghost lol

Gotta love Greg..... right.....? XD

Also goes to show the lack of general knowledge and common sense that they all have lol And agreed yeah, I've had several family members who suffered from alzheimers and it never got easier. My condolences go out for you and your family as well

Same, I don't see a lot of characters like her and I'll miss her a lot.

i think brian cox is right that logan loves his kids, but to logan, love actually means very little in the grand scheme of things. but also i think brian cox was filming these while he was still playing the character and while he pooh-poohs jeremy strong's method acting process it does come across to me like when he's talking about logan he has to apply his logic to these situations and can't be super objective about it. but also i definitely agree with you that there's an element of him trying too hard to defend logan, maybe because he's simply too close to the character. like, how do you play someone like that as a fully rounded human if you can't defend their actions like at all? these interviews are so interesting, i'm always really fascinated by what brian cox says about logan for exactly the reasons you've said.

I always take those interviews with Brian Cox as almost an insight into how Logan justifies his actions internally, because I'm sure Brian has to do that work in order to understand how to play the scene, otherwise Logan becomes a moustache twirling evil caricature. It just comes across as a little jarring, because Logan is someone who, if he does the emotional work of explaining himself at all, only does so in retrospect and only to justify his actions in a way that paints him in a positive light.

I definitely think he's explaining Logan's internal logic during these, and the others are as well. It makes it fun to see how they all genuinely present these events differently according to their character's feelings. I agree that Logan loves his kids, I just think he does so very badly. Having Logan's attention on you basically ensures some level of abuse, and that's what his kids are all fighting for. Cox's bit about owning who you are is somewhat true, tbh -- like, everyone has their reasons, but once they hit mid 30s/40s, we start expecting accountability from them regardless, just out of practicality's sake. But it's also super in line with Logan's own thinking. He's such a "pull yourself up by bootstraps" kind of guy, who's struggled and scrapped to success in a harsh world, and became obsessed with that. He's embraced the meanness of the world. The world snarled at him, never took care of him (he thinks), yet he figured out how to win anyway. Sure, he snarls at his kids, but he has taken care of them (he thinks, and which also makes him jealous), and so why can't they win? He's dominated the world, and then he dominated his kids, and he doesn't like that they let him. He's waiting for them to kick him, but he won't be fully satisfied either way, bc losing to anyone threatens his security. And in his mind, in this world, there is no cooperation, no equal partners, no mutual wins. It's a cold, zero sum game they're playing, and every winner requires a loser. For him, winning is survival, so he must win. But for his kids to not be eaten and also to be worthy, they must also win. So it's inevitably gonna be a disaster. His worldview is so uncharitable, I think it's natural it bleeds over into every facet of his life and sort of poisons it.

A lot of actors, when talking about their character, talk from the character's POV. They try to find things to connect and justify, they can't just hate the character they are playing. In fact, they, as an actor playing the character, see the reasoning by their character as the “right” one. It says nothing about actor's personality, tho. That's why a lot of actors who play “villains” don't see them as “villains”. Just watch any Charles Dance interview about Tywin Lannister, although he isn't THE villain. He literally says “well, it is a ruthless society he lived in” and all that, he literally speaks from POV of “Tywin was right and justified” and all that.

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