NEW YORK Succession actor Brian Cox turned into his commanding patriarchal character Logan Roy on Monday as the cast of the hit HBO drama premiered its fourth and final season.
Cox playedfully shouted as he and his fellow cast members posed for pictures together, just like Roy frequently does in the award-winning show about a family jockeying for control of a media empire.
In season four, Logan will be closer to selling his company to tech boss Lukas Matsson, creating more family divisions and power struggles.
Logan's four children, who are all vying for control of the family's vast media holdings, are played by Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Alan Ruck.
Cox said at the New York premiere that they're going to see a lot of fascinating rides and it's a bit like a roller coaster.
The style of the succession is ''. A lot of American shows go well past their sell by date. Succession has picked Emmy Awards and Golden Globes as a series, for its writing and actors since it first premiered in 2018 and has been praised by critics and audiences.
It has been compared to media mogul Rupert Murdoch's dynasty, but show creator Jesse Armstrong said it was not based on one family.
It's weird how many times we hear like, oh, it's based on this family' that sometimes you have never heard of and you're like, 'oh it's just like their dad and this happened'', he said.
We get some feedback filtering through, but I have never heard anything that comes from the Murdoch clan. Armstrong said he was sad to end the show but adamant he would not bring it back.
It was the right decision and it was creative. It's really hard to see my fellow writers and the cast and crew, he said.
Asked to describe season four, actor Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Matsson, said: It's about finding your alliance and making sure you have enough people on your side so you can see how to leverage when you go in to negotiate.