Brian Cox Doesn't Want Succession to "Overstay Its Welcome" Like This Show

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Brian Cox, who plays patriarch Logan Roy connected Succession, precocious compared the HBO deed to Showtime's Billions. Find retired wherefore helium doesn't privation the amusement to spell the aforesaid route.

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Brian Cox doesn't want Succession's banal to fall. 

The seasoned actor, who plays the Roy patriarch connected the deed HBO drama, revealed precocious that though helium doesn't cognize if the amusement will get a fifth season, that's good by him.

"I don't know. No one's had their contracts renewed," he shared successful an interview with the U.K.'s The Times published Sept. 12. "Who knows however agelong it volition spell on? We don't privation it to overstay its welcome, similar Billions; that's past its sell-by date. That volition not hap with our show."

E! News reached retired to Showtime for remark and has not heard back.

Showtime's Billions, which follows a hedge money manager who navigates the satellite of precocious finance, was renewed for a seventh play successful February 2022Succession is presently filming its fourth season, which is owed to aerial successful 2023. 

Succession certainly hasn't gone retired of style—it was the astir nominated programme astatine this years Emmys, snagging 25 nominations. Though some Cox and his costar Jeremy Strong lost the pb histrion grant to Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae, the amusement yet took location 3 Emmys, including champion drama, champion penning for a play bid and champion supporting histrion successful a play for Matthew Macfadyen

Cox adjacent had to measurement successful during an awkward on-stage moment during the ceremony when Succession creator Jesse Armstrong made a jab astatine King Charles III during his acceptance code for champion penning for a play series. 

After saying it's been a large week "for successions successful the U.K.," Armstrong said, "Evidently, a spot much voting progressive successful our winning than Prince Charles'."

Cox interjected, telling Armstrong to, "Keep it royalist, support it royalist." 

"No, I mean, I'm not saying we're much morganatic successful our presumption than helium is," Armstrong responded. "We'll permission that to different people."

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Succession is present disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max. See the formed of Succession astatine the 2022 Emmys below.

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Succession Cast and Crew

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Succession Cast and Crew

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Succession Cast and Crew

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Nicholas Braun

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Matthew Macfadyen

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Keeley Hawes, Matthew Macfadyen

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J. Smith-Cameron

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Kenneth Lonergan and J. Smith-Cameron

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