“With Open Eyes” Part 2 (with Director/Executive Producer Mark Mylod)
HBO's Succession Podcast
The Importance of Asking
I never asked what the last couple of scenes were going to be until we got really close to production. I wanted to stay blank on that, but I wasn't surprised if you like. It seemed one of the many beauties of Jesse's writing is that when you look back at it the second time, it seems utterly inevitable. Yeah, I want to return to a scene earlier in the episode between Tom and Shiv because it feels like a very key exchange of dialogue. Shiv is on a private plane at this point. She still thinks she'll be CEO.
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