“We find Greg and Tom together, on the side of Logan,” Braun tells EW.
“They are clearly aligned with him.
The kids are not.
Nicholas Braun and Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Succession’ season 4.Macall B. Polay/HBO
So I feel like man number three on that side, even though that’s probably not true.
But I do feel Tom is the most important member of that side.
Greg and Tom are feeling confident, more than ever I think.
Greg’s following Tom’s lead.
I think those two guys are letting it rip, being disgusting together, hitting the town.”
You think people are aligned with certain people, but they’re playing other sides all the time.
I guess that’s typicalSuccession, so that’s not a real tease.
But I think [this season] it starts episode 1.
You’re just in it.
I think that’s setting the tone."
SuccessioncreatorJesse Armstrongannounced in February that he wasending the show with season 4.
When did Braun find out that this twisted tale was coming to a close?
“We found out before we started shooting [season 4],” he says.
“It was tough to keep that secret for a long time.
Since season 1, we were always guessing how many we’d go.Mad Menwent seven, I think.
So, you think, okay, are we a seven-season show?
Are we going to be doing this for ten years?
“For him to say this is, it makes sense,” Braun continues.
“He’s a guy who is very decisive, and does not want to overshoot anything.
He does that in every way.
If a scene is too jokey, he’ll pull it back.
How can we ground this more?
The most on the nose scene, he won’t write it.
He’ll write right up to it and then take it somewhere else.
He’s not a guy who wants to indulge in anything, so it made sense, honestly.
We weren’t like,whoah, no, way, Jesse, hey.
It was like, okay, if that’s what you want, cool.
And this one will be amazing.
People will be so blown away by this season.”
Successionseason 4 premieres Sunday, March 26, on HBO and HBO Max.
