On location in Montalcino,Successions cast and creator process the astonishing season-three finale.
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In a 16th-century Tuscan villa, a New York media family has its Red Wedding.
Patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) has just told his children that hes beat them.
Dad sold the family firm, Waystar Royco, and cut them out.
Butwhy, the kids moan.
Because itworks, he growls.
Were on location in Montalcino, and its the second-to-last day ofSuccessions two-week-long summer shoot.
You need a supermajority, Shiv says, and we will kill it.
Their faces are blank in some takes and wickedly satisfied in others.
Snook stifles her Shiv sobs.
They launch the scene again and again, getting every actors coverage.
Can you put as much warmth into that as you possibly can?
Sure, Cox says.
Have you got a candle?
The scene reshapesSuccessionas weve known it.
The tragedy was they could never do that.
Family dynamics were always pushing people against each other.
At the seasons start, Shiv and Roman rejected Kendalls offer to team up.
Trying to wrest control from the outside hasnt worked for Kendall, either.
Meanwhile, Logan has been angling to make a major move.
Its a good deal that lets the firm continue.
He resents the fact that theyve never had to work that hard.
They only did a half-hour flight instead of 17 hours on a boat, you know?
When you look at the Roy children, you see how damaged they are.
But its damage by getting too much, by having too much.
Its like a gorge, like overeating and making yourself sick.
They dont get the fact that this is a game and youve got to be good at it.
You gotta be committed and you gotta play it, but its a game.
He sells them out because theyre not up to playing.
But maybe thats a generous read.
If it’s possible for you to cut that cord, its a slightly terrifying superpower, isnt it?
When confronted, Logan presents the sale as an opportunity that benefits them all.
We all want to go up against dad because dads the one in power, Snook tells me.
Roman still holds on to a sense of family that the others mightve let go of, Culkin says.
He still thinks Dad cares.
And this kind of competitive thing, although it gets really real, is still fun and games.
And its Roman Logan appeals to personally.
Dad brings Mom into the room via speakerphone.
We just walked in on Mom and Dad fucking us, Shiv groans.
It was because he could win by taking his kids away from his ex-wife.
We, again, were just a pawn in that circumstance.
Theres not a shadow of, Dad mustve really wanted us if he fought that hard for us.
It was about winning.
It was about Caroline losing.
Successiondoesnt do red herrings or hide the ball.
A good rule of thumb for us is: Why isnt this story meeting working?
Caroline has sided with Logan before even already during her wedding weekend.
But its also a surprise, and it lands on Shiv just as it lands on the audience.
It was always the two of them.
And he feels thats slightly changing.
Theres a lack of trust there.
Subconsciously, he knows that more than he lets on.
Its like a chess move thats bringing Tom and Greg to a higher place.
Season four is the siblings versus everyone.
Now Im against my friend Kendall and over with Logan.
Maybe that is going to be a very exciting place for Greg.
In the one that aired, Shiv sees it.
