“Succession, it’s over”: Jesse Armstrong definitively buries the idea of a return
For first, the creator of the cult series admits “no longer thinking” of the Roy family today. No, Tom and Shiv will not have their spin-off.
Two years ago, Succession was bowing after 4 seasons.
Since then, fans dream of a possible return, especially a spin-off centered on Tom and Shiv. But Jesse Armstrongthe creator of the series, short cuts to any speculation in an interview with the first. On the occasion of his return to the screens, with the film Mountainheadthe British creator admits to us having moved on:
“No, I don’t think there will be a suite one day … for me, it’s really over”he let go, categorically.
Jesse Armstrong explains us in stride: “If I had to come back, it would only be to rework with Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook and all these actors. Nothing else.“”
Because today, Armstrong admits “Do not think too much about these characters”. Even when the news seems to reach out to him: “It is true that when I see that Rupert Murdoch fails to bequeath his Empire to his eldest son after a decision of a Nevada judge, I tell myself that it would make a great episode of Succession !“But then again, he resists the call of the keyboard.
Because the world has changed according to him and the interest of a Succession would be less in 2025: “These families of magnates are less and less important, culturally, socially, and therefore that interests me less”, he explains. Before concluding: “Because money has never been the subject. It has always been the family. “
For those who are lacking in Successionthe film Mountainheadfirst realization of Armstrong, with Steve Carell At the head of the poster, will be released on June 1 in France on Max.
