DOGS, CATS AND TATS
Dmay soon be out of the red.
The 33-year-old Netflix star has essentially been losing money by starring in the Off-Broadway play “Incognito” because of his visa status. But he will finally break even when the show closes next Sunday.
“I didn’t have the right visa and I really wanted to do the play, so o I had to pay a visa adaptation fee, which is basically the same amount as the entire run,” the British actor (inset photo) told Confidenti@l at a Netflix event at the St. Regis hotel in Midtown.
Cox doesn’t seem too worried about his questionable business decision, which he saysays cost him around $8,000 before the first
performance. “You don’t do a play to make money,” he said. “It’s Off-Broadway. It’s not covering my rent and I’m in a fortunate situation where I’m on a television show and I know that we’re doing “NY Ink” star
(right) is using her tattoo gun to draw attention to pet adoption. Sunday at noon, the TV ink master is giving specially designedd $100 animal tats at the Lower East Side’s Grit N Glory boutique and Megan Massacre Tattoo Studio, all proceeds will go to the ASPCA. Cats and dogs from the ASPCA’s adoption center will also be on hand for anyone who wants to take home more than just a tattoo. ‘The Defenders,’ which is a spinoff of the show later this year. So I just keep the purse strings tighter during the run of the play.” According to Cox, living on a budget isn’t so bad. “To be honest, I’m not a big gp spender. I hate cabs, I take public transport ev everywhere,” he said.d. A According to Cox, he rarely buys clothess and likes to cook, which helps make ends meet, too. “I’m not a big star, ar, so you ca can’t demand those huge pay paychecks when you sign on,” he said said. “I do fine, no complaints. plaints. No residuals on Netflix, of course, rse, so that’s . . . part of their brilliant ant business.” Maybe it’s because he’s a Brit,rit, but Cox has a Fourth of July tradition on that’s also fairly modest. “I watch ‘Jaws,’ ” he said. “It’s’s one of my favorite movies, and it takeses place over July 4 weekend. Two years ago, , I went to watch it at BAM. Last year, I wasas with my best friends and girlfriend and . . . we’d been swimming all day. We rented nted a little cottage and put it on there.”