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Jeremy Strong Needed to ‘Achieve Exit Velocity’ From ‘Succession’ So He ‘Could Attempt to Do More,’ Says ‘It’s a Myth That I’m This Humorless Person’


Jeremy Strong says there was "a great determination to achieve exit velocity" from "Succession" so "I could attempt to do more."

Jeremy Strong ‘s Emmy-winning tenure as Kendall Roy on HBO’s “ Succession ” is over, and he told The New York Times Magazine in a recent interview that “there was a moment when the show ended where I felt a profound sense of, ‘Was this the thing? Strong told the publication that “I haven’t spent much time worrying about” whether not he’ll be able to distance himself from the career-defining role of Kendall Roy. The New York Times Magazine noted that many actors, be it James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos) or Alan Alda (“M*A*S*H”), have struggled to move their careers beyond an iconic TV role.

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