‘Succession’ Star Peter Friedman Says Online Speculation On Finale Is On The Right Track
deadline.comIt’s the question every fan wants answered: who will seize control of media giant Waystar Royco in tonight’s finale of the hit HBO show? “I’m fascinated to find out,” said Peter Friedman, who plays Frank Vernon, the Waystar Royco vice chairman and former consigliere to the late Logan Roy (Brian Cox). “I sometimes look at Reddit, and let me tell you, people are on the right track,” Friedman told the Guardian in an interview. “The darts are all over the board.
But they’ve been narrowing it down to what’s actually going to happen.” Friedman said the cast was kept largely in the dark on the finale’s storyline.
Friedman said when Harriet Walter, who plays Logan’s ex-wife Lady Caroline, arrived for the big funeral scene, she wasn’t sure who died. “She saw all the black clothes and said: ‘Who died?’ It had even been kept secret from her,” Friedman said.
He added that he accidentally told his wife the big secret. “I inadvertently mentioned something funny that happened in Norway.
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