HBO's Succession Podcast

Matthew Macfadyen

Aug 31, 2020
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INSIGHT

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.
INSIGHT

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.
ANECDOTE

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.
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