nothing you ever see about succession will prepare you for the way jeremy strong’s acting will gradually then irrevocably grab hold of your heart and soul and evoke emotions in you that you didn’t even know were there
“I guess the one that was most impactful for me was when we are having dinner - when they are having dinner -” jeremy strong continuing to make me feel a thousand inexplicable emotions (link)
wish jeremy strong could’ve been there and at every hollywood awards ceremony and be allowed to talk poetically about the transformative empathetic experience of acting and the moral rot of late-stage capitalism before ending with several poignant poetry quotes and vanishing into the night
kendall roy will say “uhhuh” and “yeah” and “dude” but his eyes will say “i am the legacy of trauma and abuse” and the way he holds his body like a pained child will say “i am doomed by this tragedy i had no power over and cannot escape”