Succession’s Brian Cox Chooses Which Other Character He’d Play Besides Logan Roy: ‘He’s So Complicated’

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He ate his f–king chicken after all. Brian Cox has won accolades for his portrayal of expletive-throwing patriarch Logan Roy on HBO’s Succession since 2018 — but if the show debuted years ago, another character would have piqued his interest.‘Succession’ Family Guide“I think if I was younger, I think Tom would be an interesting character to play,” the Scotland native, 76, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting his Michelob Ultra 2023 Super Bowl commercial. “Because he’s so complicated and so driven, because of his relationship with my horrible daughter and how she treats him.

And his innocence because he’s from Wisconsin, so he’s very sort of — he’s a country boy at heart. And it’s a very good role.”He added: “And of course, brilliantly played by Matthew Macfadyen.

Absolutely brilliantly. So of all the roles, that would be the most interesting one if I was, you know, 40 years younger.”Logan and Macfadyen’s Tom Wambsgans are seemingly new allies following the masterful season 3 finale, which aired in December 2021.

In the gut-punch “All the Bells Say” episode, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) have a showdown with dad Logan as they attempt to overthrow him and his decision to sell their family’s media corporation Waystar Royco to tech giant Gojo.Spoiler alert: they were too late.But that wasn’t even the biggest betrayal.