Flight of fancy: Kaitlyn (Brooklynn Prince) and Jaan (Brian Cox) bond over pigeons
NOT CONTENT WITH having embodied one of the greatest screen characters in Succession, Brian Cox is still seeking new challenges. “I’m at the age where I can’t remember why I came into a room,” the 77-year-old chuckles. “So, you want to do things that keep testing you.” Cox’s latest test is starring alongside racing pigeons in coming-of-age drama Little Wing. Here, he explains how to work with birds — without getting your feathers ruffled.
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Cox plays Jaan, a Portland pigeon-fancier whose prize specimen is stolen —then lost —by 13-year-old Kaitlyn (Brooklynn Prince). The pair become unlikely friends when they unite to retrieve the bird. “I had to interact a fair bit with the pigeons,” Cox tells us. “They could be quite boisterous, but once they were in their cages, they were actually rather well-behaved. And I didn’t get shat on once,” he adds, cheerily.
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