Actor says his character has “attained enlightenment and a clarity of vision.”
What prompted Kendall’s change of heart?
I saw that he, in a way, had no soul."
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What was it like shooting during the pandemic?You have to kind of block that out.
There wasn’t the pandemic happening in the narrative so you have to forget all that.
I hated having table reads over Zoom.
Jeremy Strong and Nicholas Braun in ‘Succession’.David Russell/HBO
It’s impossible, it’s impossible.
Acting is not about saying words.
It’s hard for me to really be able to look you in the eyes right now.
And it was difficult for the crew.
There’s a certain joylessness, having to be in those things all the time.
But it had nothing to do with the actual work and it was necessary to block that out.
Did you shoot in any memorably swanky places this time around?Yeah.
We shot in Italy and Tuscany.
It’s as if you are taking the subway somewhere.
The private jets and the places have no luster.
They’re still impoverished people.
It was announced this week that you’re making a film with Anthony Hopkins calledArmageddon Time.
It’s a kind of an origin story both of an artist and America, where it is now.
Watch the trailer for season 3 ofSuccessionabove.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
