Interview: Alan Ruck (Succession) and Steven Yeun (Beef)
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Fresh off Connor Roy's election night disappointment, Alan Ruck reflects on four seasons of Succession and how to move on toward something new. Then, Beef star and executive producer Steven Yeun reveals on how he drew on his own childhood for his role as Danny, and what kind of future he imagines for the character in potential future seasons.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the awards season podcast from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:05.0 | I am delighted and proud to introduce him as Academy Award winner. |
| 0:11.0 | And the Oscar goes to... |
| 0:13.0 | And the Oscar goes to... |
| 0:15.0 | The winner, it's a tie. |
| 0:19.0 | And any little girl who's practicing their speech on the telly, you never know. |
| 0:25.0 | My... |
| 0:26.0 | I just want an Oscar! |
| 0:36.0 | I am Katie Rich. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm here for today's interview episode with Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello. |
| 0:41.0 | And Rebecca, we're going to start with my interview because I talked to Alan Ruck, aka Connor Roy, |
| 0:47.0 | unfortunately not destined to be president of the United States, although maybe, |
| 0:51.0 | unfortunately, for the Republic as a whole. |
| 0:54.0 | It's so exciting to talk to him. |
| 0:56.0 | I mean, everyone in succession is great in every episode. |
| 0:59.0 | It's kind of the magic of that show. |
| 1:00.0 | But I feel like Connor and Alan Ruck's performances had a really special run this season, |
| 1:05.0 | with this, like, surprisingly lovely wedding that we had earlier, as Logan's death happened. |
| 1:10.0 | I mean, Rebecca, am I crazy that Connor has been kind of... |
| 1:14.0 | He made you like him more than you're used to this season. |
| 1:17.0 | Yeah, that monologue about being a plant or a rock. |
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