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Kate BeckinsaleandBrian Coxplay a daughter and father at odds in their new filmPrisoner’s Daughter— but in real life, the two couldn’t be more enamored with each other.
“I just love him,” Beckinsale, 49, gushes to PEOPLE while discussing the drama, which recently world premiered at theToronto International Film Festival. “It just was such a wonderful joy to work with him because he’s so f—ing good.”
“Brian is a documentarian of his own experience,” continues Beckinsale of Cox, who recently released his memoirPutting the Rabbit in the Hat.
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Beckinsale finds her costar’s candidness refreshing.
“What I like is that he doesn’t like bull—, and I f—ing hate bull— as well. And so he’s not going toe a party line. He’s just going to say what he thinks.”
“I feel safe when people don’t bull—,” says Beckinsale. “I feel safe when people are honest. If I start feeling distraction and bull—, I actually start feeling ill. And you just don’t feel like that with Brian, because if he’s not that keen on, you probably know about it. He’s not ever blowing smoke or being insincere or phony. And those are top qualities for me in a human.”
Adds the English actress: “If you’ve read his memoir, he’s rigorously honest about himself and his own failings as a parent and failings in various areas. I just find that incredibly attractive and moving, when somebody is looking at themselves honestly and is able to admit things that they regret. There’s so much grace in that.”
source: people.com
