Succession’s Greg star shares regret at not being allowed to film key Logan scene | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV
Succession finally returned on Sunday and Monday with a side-splitting new episode airing on HBO and Sky Atlantic. Picking up after Logan Roy (played by Brian Cox) cut himself off from his children completely at the end of season three, the long-awaited season four premiere kicked things off with a huge blunder from fan favourite, ‘Cousin’ Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun).
“We did not shoot that scene,” Braun confirmed of Greg’s off-screen confession.
“I felt the same when we watched it at the premiere. I was like, ‘Man, that would have been such a fun scene.’”
When the episode cuts back to the birthday party, Greg is left shaking after receiving an earful from his tyrannical uncle.
Although he did also claim Logan was smiling slightly while he called out his “disgusting” behaviour, hinting the media mogul was at least a little impressed.
Sadly, fans weren’t able to see Greg’s dressing down in its full glory, and Braun also regretted missing out on what could have been another iconic rant from Cox.
“I think it’s Jesse’s sensibility of you can’t give an audience everything they want,” Braun explained to Deadline.
“You can’t give them the thing, the main event. He always comes up to the line and usually, he backs off and he lets your imagination take over.”
Despite agreeing with Armstrong’s writing approach for the most part, Braun still maintained the episode could have been even stronger if the main event made the final cut.
“But that was one I was like, ‘I wished we did do something like that’,” he recalled.
“I think that episode was just jam-packed with stuff and in the thick of them talking about billions of dollars, whatever, the kids versus the father, probably would have been too much of a thing.
“Anyway, I trust Jesse,” he concluded. “He made that call.”
Beyond Greg’s semi-success in the bedroom, he has proven to be a corrupting influence on Tom following his split from Shiv.
Meanwhile, the three defected Roys are still struggling to pitch their own business idea and manage to drag media rival Nan Pierce (Cherry Jones) into an all-out bidding war for PGM.
After the Roy trio seemingly come out on top against their father, the premiere concluded with a devastating scene as Tom and Shiv finally admitted their marriage was at an end.
With nine more episodes to go of Succession’s fourth and final season, millions of fans are expected to tune in each week to find out which Roy makes it out alive.
Succession season 4 continues Sundays on HBO in the USA and the following Monday on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK.
