Brian Cox Says Goodbye to Logan Roy
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On tonight's episode of Succession, Logan Roy finally met his end. On a flight to Sweden, the fictional titan experienced shortness of breath and then died, surrounded by his business advisors—but not his children. It was a surprising moment for viewers, and will no doubt heighten the drama in the remaining episodes of the hit series for the remaining Roys and the others jockeying for power in the Succession universe.
Despite the surprising departure, Brian Cox, who plays Logan, didn't have too much difficulty bidding farewell to his polarizing character. "I’ve been doing this for a number of years, so I don’t really have a problem saying goodbye," the Scottish actor told T&C. "I’ve said goodbye to many characters in my time. This is a truly great role in a series that I think will reverberate for years to come because it’s so ahead of its time in its depiction of the wealthy getting crazier and crazier."
He continues, "But I’m going on—I’m going into the theater playing Bach on stage and doing A Long Day’s Journey Into Night in London, plus I’m supposed to be directing a film though we haven’t cast it yet. Life doesn’t stop when Logan Roy stops, it only stops when Brian Cox does—and hopefully that doesn’t happen for a few weeks."
Logan was initially supposed to die at the end of season one, but Cox said in 2021 that the writers "realized that Logan is the centrifugal force of the piece. Everything has to spin off him, and the kids’ vices are all about their father, and relating to their father. Do they love their father, and if so how do they show that love?"
Yet, as Succession nears its conclusion, Logan's death was necessary to grapple with the future of, well, his succession. "There’s a promise in the title of Succession. I’ve never thought this could go on forever. The end has always been kind of present in my mind. From season two, I’ve been trying to think: Is it the next one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?" Armstrong told the New Yorker about his decision to end the show with four seasons. "I do think that this succession story that we were telling is complete."
What comes next on the final season of Succession—namely, who will fill Logan's shoes—is anyone's guess.
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