Brian Cox in ‘Succession’.Photo: Macall Polay/HBO
Fans may be disappointed thatSuccessionis set to end after four seasons, but starBrian Coxsays he is “happy it’s over.”
Cox, 76, walked the red carpet on Monday at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for the season 4 premiere of the HBO drama, where he said he was “delighted” and"more than ready" for the show to end.
“In a good way, I’m happy it’s over,” he toldEntertainment Tonight. “I think we’ve, you know, got to the point where the show has reached its natural closure.”
Cox noted that “a lot of shows outstay their welcome, and I think our show is perfect, and neat, in the way it is.”
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Successionhas enjoyed a stellar run with critics and fans alike, receiving48 Emmy nominations and 13 winsduring its past three seasons.
Cox, who plays the sinister and scheming patriarch Logan Roy, toldETthe success of the show was related to how it held a mirror up to society.
The Scottish actor went on to reveal what he would miss most about working onSuccession: “It’s the cast. I’ll miss the cast and the crew, the camera guys, we got great camera operators. We got to be we’ve got a couple of great DPs. So you know, it’s the whole shebang.”
Other stars returning includeMatthew Macfadyen,Nicholas Braun,J. Smith-Cameron, Peter Friedman, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Hiam Abbass, Justine Lupe, Scott Nicholson, Zoë Winters and Jeannie Berlin.
Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox on ‘Succession’.Craig Blankenhorn/HBO
Series creator and showrunner Jesse Armstronghas also been vocal about endingSuccessionafter four seasons, telling theNew Yorker: “I’ve never thought this could go on forever.”
He continud, “I got together with a few of my fellow writers before we started the writing of season four, and I sort of said, ‘Look, I think this maybe should be it. But what do you think?'”
Armstrong that he and the writers “played out various scenarios: We could do a couple of short seasons or two more seasons. Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference.”
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Season 4 ofSuccessionpremieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
source: people.com
