Following Kieran Culkin's remarks, Brian Cox pokes fun at his 'Succession' co-stars for not realizing the hints buried in the script about their show's ending.
- Jan 22, 2024
AceShowbiz - Brian Cox has labelled his "Succession" co-stars "dense" for missing clues about the ending buried in the script. The 77-year-old actor has playfully poked fun at his castmates - including the likes of Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, and J. Smith-Cameron - for not realising how the show was going to conclude its fourth season.
Kieran revealed the group only found out for sure during the table read for the last ever episode as he spoke at an FYC panel session at Paramount Pictures Studios this week. "I don't understand why you didn't know, are you ... dense or something? Jesus Christ, it was so ... obvious we're gonna finish," Brian quipped.
Creator Jesse Armstrong admitted he was deliberately vague with the cast during the final season in order to "leave a little bit of creative freedom" and an "escape door." He added, "Maybe that was psychological because it was really, really hard actually ending."
"Partly it was creative because it was like, we need the possibility of escape, almost, to commit to the end. And partly, maybe, it was also to help performance to not feel like this is a cut-and-dry thing where there is no more possibility."
Brian recently insisted bosses behind the hit show - which had a very successful night at the Emmy Awards on Monday, January 15 - were right to end it when they did. He told People, "I think we ended it at the right time. I think we left people ... I think it's always good to leave people wanting [more]. You know, that people want more."
But he teased that 'Succession' could even be revived at some stage in the future, pointing to theories that his character Logan Roy may not actually have died. He explained, "You know, there is a theory that Logan may not be dead. We never saw the body, so that is an advantage."
