Alan Ruck: ‘Succession’s’ Connor Roy Says Goodbye

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🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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For the first 30 years of his career, Alan Ruck was sure he would always be remembered as Ferris Bueller’s sad best friend. Then ‘Succession’ came along and changed everything. In this episode, Ruck shares his thoughts on the end of ‘Succession,’ [SPOILER ALERT!] including what lies ahead for Connor and Willa’s marriage, the story behind filming that “virtual dinner” with Brian Cox, and why creator Jesse Armstrong made the right decision to quit while he was ahead. The actor also reveals why he asked for his character to be killed off in Season 2 and how the role he was waiting his entire career for has forever altered his professional legacy.

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0:00.0	Connor Roy may not have been the most important character on Succession, but oh man, he was almost always the funniest.
0:09.7	I would love to get to Europe.
0:11.5	Can I creep up through the underbelly, come up through the Balkans, a couple of senior departures, Berlin by Christmas?
0:18.1	They may be willing to talk Slovenia or Slovakia. Mm-hmm.
0:21.6	Mm-hmm.
0:22.6	Yeah, I think I'm a no on the slows.
0:27.6	What about South Korea?
0:29.6	Hmm?
0:30.6	South Korea.
0:31.6	Top 10 GDP, major geopolitical player, I feel like that would be tough. North Korea.
0:39.3	Easy, my liege.
0:41.3	You don't know. Nobody knows. That's the point.
0:44.3	I could open it up like Nixon did China.
0:46.3	Khan, they're not going to put you anywhere with nukes.
0:48.3	Well, that's insulting. I don't think I want to go anywhere that doesn't have nukes.
0:51.3	All right. Well, how do you like Oman?
0:53.3	Oman? Oman? Yeah. Poor man
0:56.6	Saudi Arabia or rich man Jiamen? Hmm. I have to check. See what my Wohman thinks about
1:03.8	Oman. Nice. This is the Last Laugh.
1:12.5	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was Alan Ruck as Connor Roy on Election
1:17.7	Night in the final season of Succession.
1:20.5	I have wanted to have Alan on this podcast for a long time, and I am so glad we finally
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