Succession actors interviews: 59 Photos

While the Roys and their entourage and competitors probably couldn't trust each other much less, Braun, who plays Cousin Greg, said that the cast shares a strong bond with each other. There's just a lot of trust, he said in a 2022 interview with The Wrap.

Unusually for a drama, the Succession cast are given freedom to improvise. This began on the pilot episode as it is director McKay's preferred way of working. Logan's 80th birthday lunch was entirely improvised, as was Kendall's bathroom breakdown.

Stars Jeremy Strong (who plays Kendall), Sarah Snook (Shiv), Matthew Macfadyen (Tom), Kieran Culkin (Roman), Alan Ruck (Connor) and Nicholas Braun (Greg) all shot up to salaries of $300,000 to $350,000 per episode. Brian Cox, who plays infamous family patriarch Logan, however, got an even sweeter deal.

Kieran Culkin. Kieran Culkin took home the Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama Series on Monday night and he used that platform to make a very important announcement. Addressing his wife Jazz Charton, he thanked her for sharing her life with him, giving him “his “two amazing kids” and then, in a surprise move, added, “Jazz, I want more.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(b7rFZqemHtX-wPAPoqz_gAo__66,

Don't get me going on it. Cox noted that he considers Strong a very good actor and shared that the rest of the cast — which includes Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Nicholas Braun, and Matthew MacFadyen — is fine with the Emmy winner's in-depth process.