When Robust auditioned for “Succession,” he ready closely. He even learn a biography of Rupert Murdoch to glean particulars about his kids. One specifically stood out — the media titan’s son tied his footwear very tightly — a sign of his “interior tensile power,” Robust stated.

Regardless of his greatest efforts, sequence creator Jesse Armstrong wasn’t certain that Robust had mastered Kendall’s dialogue when he first auditioned. Nevertheless, as soon as Armstrong advised him to “loosen up the language,” his efficiency got here to life.

“It was about, like, Beastie Boys-ing it up,” the actor remembered. “I used to be lacking the patois of bro-speak.” As soon as he bought the dangle of Kendall’s tone, Robust landed the position.

Being strung too tight virtually value him the half, nevertheless it additionally made Robust similar to his character. The actor treats his character’s life with grave sincerity, the identical approach that Kendall approaches his personal ambitions.

“To me, the stakes are life and dying,” he defined. “I take him as severely as I take my very own life.” 

In actual fact, Robust takes his position so severely that it is raised concern amongst his castmates. “After the primary season, he stated one thing to me like, ‘I am frightened that individuals may assume that the present is a comedy,'” Culkin recalled. “And I stated, ‘I believe the present is a comedy.’ He thought I used to be kidding.”

Robust’s deathly severe method is strictly why McKay knew he can be good to play Kendall. “That is precisely why we solid Jeremy in that position,” he revealed. “As a result of he isn’t taking part in it like a comedy. He is taking part in it like he is Hamlet.”