Scottish actor Brian Cox has recorded one of the most acclaimed runs in contemporary prestigious TV as Logan Roy, the dreaded patriarch of Waystar Royco, on HBO. Subrogation, Before things changed dramatically this weekend, it’s undeniable that it changed everything forever.
In the Sunday night episode, the third of the fourth and final season, Logan is murdered to a pathetic end from a heart attack in a private airplane bathroom as his children Kendall, Shiv, Roman, and Connor helplessly spiral down at Connor’s maritime wedding.
Audiences freaked out, but Cox himself either saw his character’s death imminent, or as a person he’s categorically undisturbed.
In an interview filmed by HBO just after the final credits of the third episode, Cox said, “When you play a role that gets removed like that, yes, it affects you.” “Wait a minute, this is one of the biggest jobs I’ve ever been involved in. And suddenly it’s gone, but it also reflects what our existence is all about, because we’ve been here for a while and then we’re gone.”
“[Armstrong] He called me and said, ‘Logan is going to die. New York Times On a call last week, I thought, ‘Oh, that’s good’. I thought he was going to die in Episode 7 or Episode 8, but in Episode 3 I thought… ‘Well, that’s a bit early’. It’s not because I’m uncomfortable.”
“Logan was already coming to a resting point,” Cox added. “She realized that her children would never be; When he said, ‘I love you but you are not serious people,’ he said that wonderful phrase. And I think that’s very basic.”
The actor also praised Armstrong’s decision to end the series with Season 4, “without the deadline” unlike many other American TV shows. “I applaud the fact that he did that,” Cox said. “It was brave because everybody loves the show. Always leave the party when it’s on top, not when it’s on the decline.”
Cox says he was ’cause’ of Logan’s death Vulture“it was clear. It’s about succession. You need a corpse.”
To be fair, there was one more actor who wasn’t surprised by the grand plot, as revealed in the post-show teaser. When Jeremy Strong, who plays Kendall, learned that Logan’s death would change the course of the episode, he said, “I wasn’t too surprised. I thought it made sense dramaturgically.
One person who didn’t get things so smoothly was J. Smith-Cameron, who plays Logan’s right-hand man Gerri Kellman.