"I don't think Logan is a Howard Hughes. I think he's much more circumspect," says Judd Apatow. "He has to be American, and I said, fine, he's American. I'll play it American." He adds: "But his sense of America and his geography was a little loud because he made him born in Quebec ... It puts a whole fucking different spin on the show"
Today, after Kara and Nayeema discuss what the Dominion defamation lawsuit might mean for Rupert Murdoch and News Corp, we turn to a fictional media story of Logan Roy and HBO’s Succession. Our guests are Brian Cox, series creator Jesse Armstrong and director Mark Mylod. SPOILER ALERT: there are lots of spoilers in this episode, starting at about 10 mins in so go watch the show first.
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You can listen to other episodes of the Succession companion podcast here.
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