Succession star Brian Cox has spoken out about the HBO drama’s climax, and his comment is spot on.
In February, it was reported that the blockbuster show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, had chosen to stop it after the forthcoming fourth season, noting, ‘The end has always been kind of there in my mind.’
While Cousin Greg actor Nicholas Braun claimed he was ‘bummed,’ and Shiv Roy actress Sarah Snook revealed she was ‘upset’ she didn’t realise Succession was ending on season 4, Brian, 76, had a different perspective.
‘I felt nothing when I played the last scene [on Succession]. Nothing! It was the last scene, finito. Logan absolutely gets what he needs. That’s the great thing about the show. He gets peace, which is good.
‘American series live well past their sellout date: This one won’t do that. HBO would love us to go for as long as Game of Thrones, but thank God it won’t happen.
He continued to Variety: ‘I would find it hard-going to be saying “f**k off” to people for the next 10 years, although it’s the nicest thing to say to someone. You can actually say how you feel.’
In the third season of Succession, siblings Shiv (Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Kendall (Jeremy Strong) banded together to try to take over the family company.
The triplets intended to defy their father Logan (Cox) and take over the family enterprise without his knowledge, but the mogul was one step ahead of them.
Logan had been told off about their scheme by Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) and instead took the rash decision to fire them.
Brian previously stated that his character, the power-hungry Logan, is “not that awful,” and that he “really feels a lot of sympathy” for him.
‘It’s always said that a cynic is a disillusioned romantic,’ he added.
Brian explained to Haute Living: ‘I think that’s true and the root of who Logan was as a young man. He sees that life doesn’t operate the way one would like it to, but in a more mercenary way.
‘His children, however, don’t realise that if they don’t work, that if they don’t commit some kind of integrity to what they do, that they can’t succeed, and he can’t do anything about that. It’s just the nature of the beast.’
Succession returns to HBO Max in the US on March 26 and will land on and NOW in the UK on 27 March.
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