Succession’s Kieran Culkin Explains Roman Roy’s Approach in Finale Season

HBO’s corporate drama Succession started its fourth season as a viral hit, reaching 2.3 million viewers, with a 33% increase. New moves have come from the Roy siblings, who are more bonded than ever in the battle for the media giant’s throne.

Succession is more than just a masterful story of media wars in late capitalism based on global issues and political topics. The series also centers on the individual ambitions of an ultrarich family, the traumas from their past, and their attitudes towards each other. Roman Roy is a big part of this complex story, played by Kieran Culkin, as are his siblings Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Kendall (Jeremy Strong).

In an interview with TV Insider, Kieran Culkin said that despite being described as a fun character by the audience, Roman has dark sides and is open to scrutiny, ”It’s easy for people to look at him and see sort of f**kabout. People will be like, ‘he’s got the best one-liners, it’s so funny.’ I’m like, ‘there’s a lot going on with this guy that’s a little bit more twisted and there’s definitely a darkness to him.” he said.

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‘Let’s Forge Our Own Path’

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Culkin said that Roman needed to take a different route than his siblings, who were trying to fight back after the loss, and that he thought there was no point in messing with Brian Cox’s Logan Roy again. He stated that although Roman was not close with his father, he did not completely close the doors.

”We did this already and we lost instantly. We were good, we were strong, and we lost like that. So let’s just not do that again. Roman’s initial reluctance in the Pierce acquisition is because that means going head-to-head with dad again, which is historically very bad for us. Roman is like… ‘let’s forge our own path. I think, at least for Roman, being able to do that away from Dad means actually rekindling some kind of relationship with Dad down the line. The idea is maybe one day Logan and I can go and get some lunch or have a scotch, and I can ask him some advice, and he’ll give it to me. Maybe dad will say, ‘proud of you.”’

Each episode of Succession Season 4 will air on HBO on Sunday nights at 9/8c.

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