Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Sunday’s episode ofSuccession, “Connor’s Wedding.”
Successioncreator Jesse Armstrong shocked viewers on Sunday by killing offBrian Cox’s foul-mouthed patriarch Logan Roy.
In the interview, Cox also teased the seemingly remote possibility that Roy might not actually be dead.
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“We had to be very careful about giving away the game,” he said.
I just lay there and had the phone by my ear.
Maybe it’s all a ruse!
If you think about it, the last image is a body bag.
Anybody could be in that body bag…
There’s a possibility."
Earlier this year,Cox told EWthat he had no problem with Armstrong endingSuccessionafter just four seasons.
“I’m fine with it,” he said.
“I’m a Brit.
He will not let it go past it.
[Laughs] But he doesn’t want to flog this thing endlessly.
You know, it has a finite sense and that’s what’s so great about the show.
I think everybody’s going to be very excited about season 4 for that very reason.
That’s down to Jesse Armstrong, he’s our leader, and he’s been remarkable.
And he’s quite modest.
But he’s modest.”
Successionairs Sundays on HBO and HBO Max.
