United Kingdom, April 25 -- Brian Cox has blasted the escalating price of theatre tickets in America.

The 78-year-old actor thinks Broadway has a big "problem" and singled out the current production of 'Othello', which stars Denzel Washington in the title role and Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago, as being particularly "wrong".

According to MailOnline, Brian said during a talk at a London theatre: "There's amazing shows and hits, but there's too much money stuff involved in American theatre where apparently, you're paying $1,000 a night to see Othello with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, who I hear is not particularly wonderful.

"A friend of mine said they couldn't believe it, and they paid a f******. excuse me, that's wrong. That balanc...