Jeremy Strong hated filming Succession: 'Kendall Roy destroyed me'

Jeremy Strong hated filming Succession: ‘Kendall Roy destroyed me’

“Kendall’s fight was difficult to bear for seven years” admits the 45-year-old American actor today.

Kendall Roy is really unloved. The cursed son of Succession also made his interpreter suffer, Jeremy Strongwho says today, in an interview with the English newspaper Times, that he now feels a form of aversion for the character.

“This role fucked me up, it destroyed me”first confides the 45-year-old American, a fan of method actingthat is, he prefers to become one with the role during and between takes.

“This series was a priceless gift. The concept, the content was a pure feast. That’s what I miss. But Kendall’s fight has been difficult to carry for seven years. And there is so much more that I want to do …”

So for Jeremy Strongthe saga Successionit’s over for good.

No question of making a spin-off series on Kendall Roy : “No, playing Kendall is not something I want to do anymore. I’m aware that it’s one of the main chapters of my life, but I don’t miss it.”

Strong now plays lawyer Roy Cohn in the Donald Trump film, The Apprenticecurrently in cinemas.

The actor told the New York Times a few months ago that he had experienced a little post-Succession : “There was a moment, at the end of the series, when I felt anxious: Was this my thing? Was this the event of my life? From there was born a great determination to get out of this role as quickly as possible, to be able to try to do other things…”

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