The success of ‘Succession’ is due to the magnetism of the terrible Logan, a character that Brian Cox knows more than anyone: “he is a sad and lonely individual.”
There’s nothing like a good protagonist, especially when he’s magnetic, twisted and a despicable beast, but let’s not be the ones to get rid of adjectives, let’s let Brian Cox be the one to describe Logan Roy, his unbeatable character from ‘Succession’.
“I think he is a sad individual, he is a lonely individual,” he explains about the head of the family in the magnificent HBO Max series. “I have great compassion for him, I think he is stupid. I think he’s very stupid for doing what he does and being the way he is, but he’s made his life a certain way and he’s too old to go in another direction.”
“He is lost and, in reality, he is a tragic figure and that is why the role is attractive, because he is not just that, he is not just that brute,” he emphasizes. “He is quite considerate, misunderstood, it is difficult for him to express himself. He’s pretty monosyllabic, apart from his ‘fucks’ and all that doesn’t say much. The Logan I like is the Logan at rest. The Logan we see, the observing Logan, that’s the one I like, that’s the one I’m attracted to, that’s the one I’m interested in. What interests me is the inner life of the Logan and why it is so. If you get that inner life, everything else works.”
Brian Cox revealed his favorite Logan Roy insult to us in ‘Succession’, but as we can see he knew the character in depth. It seems logical coming from an interpreter who has known how to shine in gems such as ‘Braveheart’ (Mel Gibson, 1995), ‘The Bourne Case’ (Doug Liman, 2002), ‘Last Night’ (Spike Lee, 2002), ‘Adaptation. The orchid thief’ (Spike Jonze, 2002) and ‘Troy’ (2004). The founder of the immense Waystar Royco will be remembered during the fourth and final season while looking for a place at the top of the best series in history.
“No, never. I can assert myself,” Cox explains when we ask him if, taking advantage of the success of the series and the character of his character, he has used his profile to assert himself at some point in his private life. “I’m certainly myself now without being Logan Roy. I mean, Logan Roy is just a creation, you know, I mean… Megan, do I have a problem with myself? No, not at all,” she jokes.
Although in the first chapter of the final season of ‘Succession’ it seemed that the last game was perfectly prepared, what happened in the third chapter has shown us Jesse Armstrong, creator of all this, had a more suggestive ending ready by throwing the board into the floor to force us, as spectators, to discover every Monday a new trap in this great soap opera about a ruthless family that owns a gigantic audiovisual conglomerate.
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