“Brian Cox” and “nearly lethal levels of cuteness” are not things I would ever have expected to find together. Cox, an amazingly prolific actor probably most famous state-side for playing Ward Abbott (in the Bourne series) or William Stryker (in X2), appears to be quite a competent drama teacher, as well:
(This clip reminds me of something very important I’ve been meaning to tell Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro for a couple of weeks now: if you cast Brian Cox as Thorin Oakenshield, all will be forgiven.)