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Matthew Macfadyen

HBO's Succession Podcast

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The Importance of Humour in American

You've said playing Tom was unlike anything you've ever done. It was quote, like sweeping out the cupboard and I don't want to project. To play this kind of person is such departure, it was just bliss. And it's American, which is a big jump for a break. But there's something very British about the actual sense of humour. There are lots of bricks in the writers room. Maybe it allows them to be a bit more gimlet-eyed about it,. That's my theory anyway.

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