The cast of ‘Succession’ at the SAG Awards 2024.Photo:Netflix
Netflix
As the acclaimed HBO show’s cast assembled onstage, starAlan Ruckstood before the microphone to speak on the crew’s behalf.
“And so on behalf of Brian [Cox] and Snookie [aka Sarah Snook] and Jeremy [Strong], who can’t be here, thank you to our fellow actors for giving us this award,” he continued. “Thanks to everybody at HBO. Casey, Franny, Nora, Frank, everybody for being so smart. Thanks to Francine Maisler for casting us and giving us this gift. Thanks to our lovely crew who could never do enough for us. Thanks to Mark Mylod and all our directors who guided us through all the nuances.”
Concluding, Ruck added: “And mostly, thanks toJesse Armstrongfor having this idea. You know, and then for hiring the most glorious writers room and they just kept delivering the gold, so you honor us and we honor them. Thank you.”
The final season ofSuccessionsaw the death of Logan Roy (Brian Cox), leaving the fate of the Roy family and the ownership of their company Waystar Royco in limbo. The series concluded with Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) becoming the company’s new CEO.
“The idea of Tom being the eventual successor, that had been something that I thought was the right ending for quite a while now,” series creatorJesse ArmstrongtoldHuffPostfollowing theseries finalein May.
“Even though he’s not exactly the most powerful monarch you’ll ever meet — his power comes from Matsson [Alexander Skarsgård],” he added. “Those figures that drift upwards and make themselves amenable to powerful people are around.”
The ‘Succession’ cast.HBO
In addition to Cox, Macfadyen and Ruck, the series starsJeremy Strong,Sarah Snook,Kieran Culkin,Nicholas Braun,J. Smith-Cameron, Peter Friedman, David Rasche,Fisher Stevens,Hiam Abbass, Justine Lupe, Scott Nicholson, Zoë Winters and Jeannie Berlin.
Cox, Culkin, Macfadyen and Snook also scored individual nominations at this year’s SAG Awards.
Fellow drama showsThe Crown,The Gilded Age,The Last of UsandThe Morning Showwere also up for the coveted prize.
Elizabeth Debicki in “The Crown”.Des Willie/Netflix
Des Willie/Netflix
The final season ofThe Crownwas released in two parts. The first focused onPrincess Diana’s (Elizabeth Debicki) final days before herfatal car crashin August 1997 while the second part chronicledKing Charles(Dominic Westas the then-Prince Charles) andCamilla’s (Olivia Williams) progression in their relationship, as well as the love story betweenPrince William(Ed McVey) andKate Middleton(Meg Bellamy).
She continued, “The battle that she went through in terms of media, public perception. I didn’t know things about the divorce and how difficult all of that was for everybody in the family.”
Nathan Lane, Kelli O’Hara, Carrie Coon and Blake Ritson in “The Gilded Age”.Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO
Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO
The Gilded Agechronicles Marian Brook’s (Louisa Jacobson Gummer) move to New York City to live with her aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon) following the death of her father. Marian finds herself in the center of a battle between her aunts, who come from old money, and their neighbors George and Bertha Russell, who have new money.
The cast of the American period drama fromDownton Abbeycreator Julian Fellowes also includes Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, Jack Gilpin, Simon Jones, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Harry Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Blake Ritson, Douglas Sills, Erin Wilhelmi, Audra McDonald, John Douglas Thompson, Ashlie Atkinson, Laura Benanti, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Christopher Denham, David Furr, Ward Horton, Matilda Lawler and Robert Sean Leonard.
Nixon toldEntertainment Tonightthat the 1800s is “such a fascinating part of history, and New York history in particular. It’s a period that has so much in common with our own and I think it’s a period that people don’t know that much about.”
“We’re so lucky as we say to be part of this world that [Julian] creates,” Baranski added, explaining that everyone “not only enjoyed the stories,” but they all “loved the costumes and the sets and entertaining that fairy-tale world where manners were very strict and formal.”
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in “The Last of Us”.Liane Hentscher/HBO
Liane Hentscher/HBO
The series takes place decades after civilization has been destroyed and isbased on a 2013 video game.Nick Offerman,Murray Bartlett, Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Jeffrey Pierce,Anna TorvandStorm Reidalso had roles in season 1.
“It didn’t mean that it wasn’t hard work, and that it wasn’t a very specific kind of physical labor for everyone,” he continued. “That’s kind of what happened. A very large family going through a very contained experience, and it was really wonderful for everybody.”
Thesecond season ofThe Last of Uswill premiere on HBO in 2025, with production starting this month.
StarringReese WitherspoonandJennifer Aniston,The Morning Showgives an inside look at the fictional news network UBA, including the lives of those who bring the world’s top stories to the screen and the internal politics at play.
Aniston and Crudup are also both nominated for the roles on the hit show this year.
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