Tag: Succession
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Kieran Culkin Felt Like He Was Seven Years Old Acting Opposite Brian Cox in ‘Succession’: He’s a ‘Scary Guy’
Kieran Culkin felt like a “child” filming “Succession.”The former child star admitted during Variety’s Actors on Actors with Claire Danes that playing Roman Roy in “Succession” opposite Brian Cox’s patriarch Logan Roy made him feel like he was seven years old again.“I realize I’m doing it right now for some reason,” Culkin said. “Whenever I…
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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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12 Shows To Watch In June: ‘The Bear,’ ‘The Idol,’ ‘Secret Invasion’ & More
Following the series finales of fan favorites such as “Barry,” “Succession,” and “Ted Lasso,” along with the season finale of “Yellowjackets,” about half of the requisite, must-watch television ended in one week. June’s lineup looks to fill in the gaps left by those series, from polarizing new dramas taking that Sunday night HBO slot to…
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‘Succession’ Finale: Shiv Was Never Going to Be CEO
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the series finale of SuccessionThere are plenty of things that a turtleneck can do. They keep necks warm and shield others from a sneeze in a pinch. But in this case, when paired with a blazer, a turtleneck can almost get you appointed CEO of Waystar Royco, which,…
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How ‘Fatal Attraction’ Sets Up Season 2
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Fatal AttractionParamount+ landed a fun surprise in its first season of Fatal Attraction. The series, which stars Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher and Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest, kind of snuck up with its release as some of the other streamers and networks were in…
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The Korean Revenge Series Audiences Love Even More Than ‘The Glory’
Queenmaker opens to the strands of a familiar narrative tune: horrible people getting away with horrible things. Thanks to entertainment zeitgeists like HBO’s Succession, watching individuals scrape the bottom of the morality barrel and come up empty has never been hotter watercooler talk. Queenmaker initially seems cut from the same cloth: Hwang Do-hee (played by…
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‘Succession’s Finale Was the Happiest Ending the Roys Could’ve Had
Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for the series finale of Succession.Let’s face it: the final episode of Succession, a series famously modeled after King Lear and other Shakespearian tragedies, was hardly going to give the Roy siblings their happy ever afters. A scenario in which Kendall (Jeremy Strong) fulfills his lifelong CEO dreams, Shiv…
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Jeremy Strong Embraces Those ‘Babygirl’ Memes About ‘Boy-Man’ Kendall
Amid the daddy trend, “Succession” star Jeremy Strong is just fine being a babygirl.During an interview with The New York Times, Strong addressed the memes of his character Kendall Roy, some of which have labeled him “babygirl Kendall,” while elsewhere on HBO, “The Last of Us” star Pedro Pascal is deemed daddy in contrast.“It’s wild,…
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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…
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‘Succession’ Already Let Connor Give the Best Eulogy
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 4 Episode 9 of Succession.It came as a bitter disappointment to Conheads in Succession’s penultimate episode when Connor Roy (Alan Ruck) was deprived of the opportunity to deliver a eulogy speech at his father’s funeral. Apparently, his fun police of a sibling, Shiv (Sarah Snook) thinks it’s…