History Trivia / Succession

** Knowing Jeremy Strong likes to torture himself with MethodActing anyway, [[https://href.li/?https://www.vulture.com/amp/article/mark-mylod-succession-season-3-finale-interview.html Mylod]] threw two waiters taking out trash, knowing Strong/Kendall would react.

* TheRedStapler: The show greatly influenced the "quiet luxury" fashion trend of the early 2020s. While the brands featured in the show's wardrobe did not see any considerable increase in revenue due to their sheer price point, the show made the public more aware of various luxury brands that are mostly non-existent in the mainstream high fashion discourse, such as Brioni, Loro Piana or Zegna, but very popular among the lavishly wealthy. The show is also frequently cited as inspiration for how to follow the trend on a budget.

* LifeImitatesArt: The Murdochs had mandatory family therapy on a ranch, a fact that became known only after the Season One episode with an identical plot had aired.

* ActingInTheDark: Most of the cast were unaware that the show would be ending on it's fourth season until they all sat down for the final table read, meaning they played their characters as though the story might continue on to a fifth season.

* FakeNationality: The Palestinian-French Hiam Abbass plays Marcia, who is originally from Beirut.

* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/JoyRide2023'', one of Lolo's bits of teasing toward Audrey about how "white" she is is that she knows the names of all the main characters on ''Succession''.

* TheWikiRule: The Succession Wiki, which can be found [[https://succession.fandom.com/wiki/Succession_Wiki here]].

** Creator/NicholasBraun and Creator/MatthewMacfayden really did slap and hit each other without much rehearsal during the WimpFight between Greg and Tom, allowing their characters rage to feel all the more real.

** Greg and Tom's WimpFight in the climax of "With Open Eyes" was done with little preparation from Creator/MatthewMacfayden and Creator/NicholasBraun.

** [[https://href.li/?https://www.vulture.com/article/kieran-culkin-succession-season-3-gerri-interview.html Culkin]] talked about the dog cage thing, and his and Strong’s vibe on it is that Roman rewrote the memories to make it look like Kendall was the abusive one (not that his brother is absolved of often lashing out), to cover up how much he felt after Logan’s far worse abuse.

* KilledByRequest: PlayedWith. Creator/AlanRuck asked to have Connor killed off in Season 3 due to the character being OutOfFocus and only appearing in group scenes for most of Season 2. However, the writers assured him that the character would have greater importance further down the line.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Jeremy Strong tends to be really involved in intense Kendall meta, and fandom loves him for it, but after an article that went viral and he got a lot of "cringe" hate in reactions from twitter and article writers, he's admitted more than once to feel the need to shut up.

** Brian Cox believes that Logan does love his children, but he was so brutalised that he both uses them as revenge against the world that hurt him, and needs them too much to ever fully let go of them. He also believes that Logan doesn’t think any of them loves him and that they just want him gone, no matter how many times they react like beaten dogs.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/BrianCox says that he felt Logan's sudden death was a "rejection" of all the work he'd done and that if the character did need to die, it could have come at a later point. Also, he says he has no interest in watching his final appearance on the show, saying that he doesn't want to watch himself perform a death scene when he's coming to grips with his own mortality. Downplayed at least in that he ultimately respects Jesse Armstrong's vision for the show and wouldn't have fought him on that front if it was in service to the larger narrative.

** Kendall's awkward attemp to adjourn the meeting even after [[spoiler:he already lost the vote to scrap the sale]] in "With Open Eyes" was improvised by Jeremy Strong.

** Kendall trying to adjourn the meeting even after [[spoiler:he already lost the vote to scrap the sale]] in "With Open Eyes" was improvised by Jeremy Strong.

** Kendall, Roman and Shiv's emotional group hug at the end of "Connor's Wedding" was similarly improvised

** Another risky one: In the season 4 finale [[spoiler:Kendall drinks a revolting concoction made from ingredients Shiv and Roman make with items chosen from the fridge at random. Even though the ingredients included tabasco sauce, chilli powder and raw eggs Strong insisted on drinking it for real. Strong also filmed a variant of the ending which shows Kendall about to jump into the Hudson River in a suicide attempt, only to be held back by Colin]].

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/BrianCox says that he felt Logan's sudden death was a "rejection" of all the work he'd done and that if the character did need to die, it could have come at a later point. Also, he says he has no interest in watching his final appearance on the show, saying that he doesn't want to watch himself perform a death scene when he's coming to grips with his own mortality.

* WrittenInInfirmity: Connor has a broken arm in "Too Much Birthday" because Alan Ruck had actually broke his arm shoveling snow.