Matthew Macfadyen
‘Succession’ Star Unpacks That “Dangerous and Terrifying” Final Season Power Grab
(This story contains spoilers from the second episode of Succession‘s fourth season, “Rehearsal.”) First, they stole their father’s birthday present. Now, they’re after his birthday future. Following the final Succession season premiere‘s tense bidding war for Pierce Global Media, the second episode sees the siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) once […]
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Matthew Macfadyen Ponders the End and Looks to Life After ‘Succession’
It’s well known by now that Matthew Macfadyen is nothing like Tom Wambsgans. In Succession’s early years, comparisons focused on the juxtaposition between the refined British actor — a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and notorious for his role as one Mr. Darcy — and the bumbling Midwesterner he portrays. But now, […]
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‘Succession’ Star Jeremy Strong Plants “Seeds of Destruction” in Final Season Premiere
(This story contains spoilers for the final season premiere of Succession, “The Munsters.”) Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) isn’t alone anymore. After a turbulent ride through three seasons of HBO’s Succession, the second eldest son of Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and former heir apparent to the Waystar empire now has actual allies on his side: siblings […]
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‘Succession’: Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen Break Down a Tragic Nonconfrontation
[This story contains spoilers for the fourth-season premiere of Succession on HBO.] Most of Sunday’s Succession premiere was taken up by a bidding war between media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his three younger children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin). After their dad (with an assist from their mom) […]
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Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen Say They Both Played Mr. Darcy as a “Grumpy Adolescent”
Despite their portrayals being a decade apart and via two separate screen mediums, Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen say they both played their iconically proud and arrogant Pride and Prejudice character Mr. Darcy as a “grumpy adolescent.” Speaking to Vanity Fair in a joint interview promoting their new Netflix movie Mincemeat, which sees the duo […]
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Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen in Netflix’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’: Film Review
Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald and Penelope Wilton star in the true story of a World War II British intelligence unit’s scheme to break Hitler’s grip on Europe with a high-risk diversionary tactic, directed by John Madden.
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