Jeremy Strong discusses the Succession series finale and how Kendall has evolved into a version of Logan Roy.
They're just not serious people. Logan Roy knew it, and the Roy child he was most disappointed in was Kendall. Jeremy Strong's man-boy, the CEO who was never chief of anything, lost. He was outplayed, and he was beaten, screaming about a deal he never had to begin with, despite thinking it was in the bag in the series finale of Succession. He was never able to win his father's love or admiration in life, and even after his father's death, he still couldn't do it.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Strong spoke at great length to Vanity Fair in the aftermath of the finale, and touched on the toxic themes of masculinity that always haunted Kendall, the man who was only ever just a boy in his father's eyes — destined to be a failure ever since he abandoned a business meeting in episode one of the series without closing the deal, just to go to his dad's birthday party.
"I think he is trying to attain a version of manhood or personhood. He's trying to individuate, I think, in a certain way, but he has never been able to escape the tractor beam of his father. I wanted for him so badly to get on that boat with Naomi Pierce [Kendall's girlfriend during his third season meltdown] and just leave it all. But he couldn't do that."
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