Succession's Brian Cox reveals which Roy sibling he thinks could have been CEO

Succession star Brian Cox has revealed which of his fictional children he thinks could have made it as CEO of Waystar RoyCo – despite none of them being up for the job in the season 4 finale. Cox is inclined to agree with that sentiment, too, but he thinks that Logan saw potential in one of his kids: his youngest son, Roman (Kieran Culkin).

"None of them can [step up], and the only one, ironically, who I think he feels could step up was Roman, because Roman showed a lot of sensibility," Cox told ScreenRant, going on to reference a season 2 plot point involving a business deal in Turkey. "Particularly in dealing with the Middle Eastern money – which was fake, and he knew it, and he could see it in season 2. I thought, 'Wow, there is a potential in Roman,' as I believe there is, that's why I think Roman really, really loved his father." 

Cox, however, didn't think that Roman lived up to that potential as the series neared its conclusion, continuing: "I never watch it, if I can, I would say it's bad enough doing it without having to watch it. [Laughs] But, I watched [season 4 episode 9, which featured Logan's funeral] and I just thought that Roman is such a child, he's so lost, and everything like that, it's amazing."

Of course, the hit HBO show ended with Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), Logan's son-in-law, as CEO of the media conglomerate after Swedish billionaire Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) bought out the company in a board vote that went against the wishes of Roman and his older brother Kendall (Jeremy Strong).

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