Cox recently discussed passing on the show all those years ago, saying he has no regrets, in part because the character died so soon".[That] one was only limited, I'd be dead within four episodes," Cox told GQ.
Mark Addy got the part and played it memorably until the character's demise in the show's seventh episode.
Actor Brian Cox could have starred in Season 1 of Game of Thrones as Robert Baratheon, but the actor passed on the role.
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