Tag: Jeremy Strong
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Succession’s Alan Ruck Auditioned For Connor Without Having Read A Single Script
With the HBO media empire tragicomedy “Succession,” the damaged and destructive adult children of billionaire mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) take center stage. For every shareholder meeting or tense bit of boardroom drama, the show spends much more time digging into the cyclical journeys of self-discovery or delusion that the children undergo. And none of…
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The Succession Finale Is A Reminder That The Roy Kids Are, And Always Were, Damaged Children
This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “Succession.” It also contains references to child physical and sexual abuse.”You are not serious people.”These are the five words patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) used to devastate his children, but he was definitely on the money. Each of the Roy kids has serious emotional damage from…
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The Succession Series Finale Brought Kendall’s Enduring Motif Full Circle
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of “Succession.”It was always going to end with water. The story of Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) began as a tragedy five years ago, and ended as a tragedy tonight. Kendall has been the raw nerve of “Succession” practically since its beginning, but his true woes began in…
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The Succession Finale Introduced One Last Wild Family Tradition, And It’s The Best Yet
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of “Succession.”The Roy family likes to play games, and more often than not, they’re games you don’t want to lose. The family’s traditions are as enduring as they are cruel, often mentioned with a casualness that lets us know they’ve been baked into family time for decades.…
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‘Succession’ Review: A Provocative Series Finale Hammers Home Hard Truths — Spoilers
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Succession” Season 4, Episode 10, “With Open Eyes” — the series finale.]Gerri was right.Back before the Living+ pitch, when Roman (Kieran Culkin) gets a little trigger happy with the firing gun, he poses the possibility of cutting ties with his sister’s godmother, aka Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron), aka…