‘Succession’ Season 4 Premiere: Matthew Macfadyen On Where Tom Stands With Logan & Shiv; Creator Jesse Armstrong On Spinoffs
deadline.comAfter that cutthroat season 3 cliffhanger, expect the onset of season 4 of Succession to be a rocky road for Matthew Macfadyen’s Tom Wambsgans.
You’ll remember that when we last left off, Tom was a total Brutus, throwing his wife Shiv (Sarah Snook) and her siblings, Kendell (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) under the bus; informing his father-in-law, media titan Logan Roy, that his kids were about to thwart his merger with tech company GoJo.
Logan gave Tom an attaboy-pat-on-the-shoulder. Why did Tom do it? He was fed up with his wife’s shenanigans: Her championing for an open marriage, and him continually being framed as the fall guy for Waystar Royco’s dilemmas.
That gutsy part in season 3 delivered Macfadyen a Supporting Actor Drama Series Emmy win. Tonight at the NYC premiere of Succession, Macfadyen told Deadline how the final season tees up for Tom:#Succession star Matthew Macfadyen gives an update on Tom, Shiv, and Logan pic.twitter.com/CrU4H3ZXEK “They have a trail separation, Tom and Shiv, they’re in a bit of a bad spot,” the actor said, “They haven’t really talked about it.” But all is well with Logan, right?
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