Tag: Jesse Armstrong
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‘Succession’ Props and Costumes Are Up for Auction Now
Following the end of HBO’s massively popular series Succession, Heritage Auctions is organizing an event only the Roys themselves can afford to be a part of. An impressive auction is allowing anyone with enough spare cash available to take home iconic items used in the acclaimed series over the course of the four seasons it…
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Succession Director Mark Mylod Set Emotional ‘Traps’ For The Stars All Throughout The Series
Has television ever seen performances quite like those in “Succession?” The show’s cast delivered some of the most devastating scenes of all time season after season, all leading up to an absolutely gut-wrenching final few episodes. A lot of credit is due to the all-star actors, which has earned them multiple Emmys and several more…
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‘Succession’: Creator Jesse Armstrong Says He Nearly Split Season 4 Into Two Parts Before Deciding On A “Full-Fat” Final Season
With “Succession” over, HBO has an opening for its next premier drama. There are couple of candidates for the slot already, like “The Last Of Us” and “The White Lotus.” But if “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong had cut the show’s final season in two, as he considered doing at one point, HBO wouldn’t have a…
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‘Succession’ Creator Jesse Armstrong Debated Splitting Season 4 Into Two Parts Before Opting for ‘Full-Fat’ Final Season
“Succession” wasn’t going to leave anything on the table before closing out the series.Showrunner and creator Jesse Armstrong said in upcoming book “‘Succession’: Season Four: The Complete Scripts” (as excerpted by Vulture) that he was determined to do a “full-fat” final season instead of splitting up Season 4 into parts, like fellow HBO series such…
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‘Succession’ Season 5 Almost Happened, But Not in the Way You Think
The final season of Succession placed the Roy family in the position they never wanted to be in, but one they were destined for from the pilot — needing to find an immediate successor to Logan Roy (Brian Cox) as the Chief Executive Officer of Waystar Royco. While the fourth and final season did a…
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‘Succession’ Creator Was ‘Terrified’ by Jeremy Strong’s Improvised Moment Cut from Final Scene
[Editor’s Note: The following story contains spoilers for the series finale of “Succession.”]“Succession” showrunner Jesse Armstrong may not have been worried to end the Emmy-winning series, but he was “terrified” over lead actor Jeremy Strong’s Method acting dedication to the series finale.Armstrong revealed during NPR’s “Fresh Air” that Strong’s nearly jumping into the Hudson River…
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Succession’s Jeremy Strong Wanted Kendall Roy To Die In The End
This post contains spoilers for the “Succession” series finale.The swift reversals of fortune during the last few episodes of Jesse Armstrong’s “Succession” were whiplash-inducing and, in the context of the narrative, darkly satisfying. Though the writers and the cast were phenomenally successful at getting us emotionally invested in the conniving exploits of the Roy siblings, there was…