Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen on ‘Succession’ Episode 7’s Balcony Scene: ‘It’s Really Fun to Just Yell at Somebody’ (Video)
thewrap.comlatest episode of “Succession,” titled “Tailgate Party,” sees Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) hosting a pre-election fundraising party while trying to balance the tension in their marriage.“When Jesse [Armstrong] told us about the episode, he pitched it as like a ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ kind of piece in that marriage tensions at a party, trying to keep up a good front, trying to keep up a happy marriage face,” Snook said during Sunday’s behind-the-scenes featurette.
Creator Jesse Armstrong noted that Tom and Shiv are in “quite a curious place” during the episode. “They both know exactly what happened,” he said. “But while she won’t talk about it, she has this kind of leverage.” Among the guests at the party is Gojo CEO Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård), adding an extra amount of pressure for Tom. “He’s got to make a good impression on Lukas Matsson.
He feels like he’s got to do a good job because he’s running the whole show,” Macfadyen said. “Things are going wrong. The stakes are very high because of who’s in the running to be president.”The episode culminates in a 5.5-minute argument between Shiv and Tom on their balcony. “Sarah and I were talking and we sort of worked out that they hadn’t really screamed and shouted at each other in that way,” Macfadyen said.
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