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Reinvention Through Radical Role Shift
- Matthew McFadyen saw playing Tom as a radical departure that let him reinvent himself as an actor.
- He found playing an American moron a liberating relief after period-drama typecasting.
British Edge In The Show's Humor
- McFadyen detects a British sensibility in Succession's humour: acidic, uncomfortable, gimlet-eyed.
- He compares it to the English Office's arse-clenching tone versus the American Office.
Struggle With The American Accent
- McFadyen admitted he was nervous about doing an American accent and improvising in it.
- He found improvising financial-market banter especially terrifying as a Brit.