‘Succession’ Cast Reveals What’s Most At Stake Following The Season 4 Premiere (Exclusive)
27.03.2023 - 20:11
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Warning: Spoilers for “Succession” season 4 episode, “The Munsters,” written by creator Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod. Alan Ruck, Kieran Culkin and more from the cast talk to ET as they break down what’s at stake for members of the Roy family and tease the shifting dynamics that will follow the first episode.
The Emmy-winning family saga, “Succession”, is finally back with new episodes, as the HBO series comes to a close with its fourth and final season. According to the cast, the final installment promises to be as “surprising” as ever, with the “gloves coming off.”
“It’s thrilling to watch,” Alan Ruck teases, with Nicholas Braun adding that “this season is just ratcheted up. It’s kind of just madness. And the intensity of it all is another level than we’ve had in the last three seasons.”
Taking place just a few months after the shocking season 3 finale, the premiere picks up with three of the Roy siblings — Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) — striking out on their own, as they prepare to launch a “revolutionary new media brand” to compete with their father Logan’s (Brian Cox) aging conglomerate, Waystar Royco.
“They’re sort of forging their own path together,” Culkin says of their plan, despite lingering doubts. “It’s a good idea, but there’s a couple reasons to hesitate… Like, going toe to toe with Dad is scary because historically, anytime anyone does that, they lose.”
Elsewhere, Logan is celebrating his birthday with his cohort of longtime executives, including Gerri Kellman (J. Smith-Cameron), and the remaining family members who’ve sided with him, son Connor (Ruck) and his fiancée, Willa (Justine Lupe), Shiv’s estranged husband, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen),