Succession - How Brian Cox Perfected Logan Roy

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This video essay analyzes Brian Cox's performance as Logan Roy in HBO's Succession. Logan Roy is the most important character to cast in Succession as if he wasn't respected and feared the show would not work. Brian Cox delivers a masterclass performance due to his Shakespearean background, his voice and how he uses eye contact.
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0:00 Intro
2:59 Shakespearean Background
6:21 His Voice
9:37 Eye Contact
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@ellie_olivia. Год назад

There will never be enough succession analysis. The show is so great

@shaste11 Год назад

Amen!

@melchol2121 Год назад

literally you could analyze episode by episode and I would still be on the edge of my seat 😭

@joaog6204 Год назад

I know right?? its the only show I'd watch an annalysis about

@Danny-sd5vm Год назад

Haha! I feel the same exact way.

@susannalouise5502 Год назад

Second that! I've just uploaded a psychological analysis on L-to-the-OG.

@helpconflict9851 Год назад

"It's like Jaws, if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws"

@JamesJoycesfury Год назад

The perfect way to describe the show really

@gallygrovle2160 Год назад

placing his voice over cartoon villains was absolutely brilliant. it really does work

@jakec9522 Год назад

Agreed! It actually made those villains even more menacing. That's the power of Brian Cox when he's going full Logan Roy.

@angxl2023 Год назад

I literally opened the chat to write that LoL

@AMSanchez18 Год назад

@@angxl2023 me too!

@KingCraze22 Год назад

Brian Cox as Smaug is inspired

@maaaaaaaaaa247 Год назад

your ability to dissect miniscule details present in some scenes truly makes me appreciate the show even more, thank you sir.

@brucewayne823 Год назад

Well said. Many many of us concur.

@Danny-sd5vm Год назад

It always amazes me how awesome these casting agents are. When you watch shows like Succession, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, you have to pause for a second to remind yourself this is a fictionalized drama on TV not real life because the acting and actors are so damn good.

@ComedyBros5 4 месяца назад

Please add Justified to this list!

@tlightning8383 Год назад

Man that part where you put Logan’s lines over other classic villains was just amazing. It was *Just An Amazing Observation.*

@alexlazzerly3677 Год назад

His delivery of every line is just perfection.

@adriannewebster Год назад

It's a shame you didn't mention his accent in the section about his voice. He's talked before about how important it was for him for Logan to be Scottish and how that ties into the character's directness, brutal honesty and his sensibility.

@disierra-amado5596 Год назад

i think during the first season he thought his character was quebecois. then he had to switch to Scottish when the creators decided to go on that direction.

@adriannewebster Год назад

@@disierra-amado5596 yeah he did up until ep 9, which is wild. He said he was annoyed because it completely upended how he should be playing the character, what his sensibility, humour and brutal honesty would be like as a Scottish person versus Canadian

@daediaz186 Год назад

Which brutal honesty?

@adriannewebster Год назад

@@daediaz186 "You're not a killer, son"? “You're such f**kng dopes. You're not serious figures. I love you, but you are not serious people."??

@JohnSmithPlaysGames 3 месяца назад

Some of Logans most personal lines are when he's talking about his home and what it was like moving to America, and what it's all like nowadays "they pissed it all away". Anytime he keeps repeating "I don't know.. I don't know." it's absolutely masterful acting by Cox.

@AA-qb7ni Год назад

His presence will be missed for the rest of this season. He embodied Logan so perfectly.

@Bjork4s 8 месяцев назад

Even after Logan died, I can still feel the presence of his. His shadow is absolutely huge that whenever the rest of the characters were doing something especially the Roy kids, Logan is somewhere there watching them. It's scary to think about it

@spencergadoury Год назад

What a performance he gave indeed. I’m writing this after watching s4 ep 3 tonight. His presence on screen will be missed greatly but he perfected the character of Logan Roy to a tee and he deserves every Emmy nomination he gets. Masterful acting and one of the greatest shows to ever air

@andrewstephens5885 Год назад

Spoiler homie. Delete this

@MegaDiva1999 Год назад

He should have won. He was mesmerizing and commanding. So amazing especially because he's the sweetest guy in real life. Like JR Ewing 2.0!

@psyfiles7351 Год назад

“He brings the energy of a mad Shakespearean king to our tv screens”

@marykay7878 Год назад

i think a big part of logans appeal is his voice. it is charismatic, authoritative, self-assured and just sexy as hell

@bravesno1303 Год назад

Brian Cox's performance as Logan Roy is one for the ages

@ComedyBros5 4 месяца назад

And what an incredible thing for him to do, give not only his greatest performance but one of the all time greatest TV show performances of all time so late in his career.

@stadbab Год назад

as a child, i was terrified of him in x2. anyone who showed so little regard for their children had to be a monster. 20 years later, succession has me in the same headspace.

@paradoxinraindrops141 Год назад

Before he could take the role, Cox had to ask if Logan loved his kids. And as a video essay I watched points out; the show makes it clear he does. He just loves them in a way he only can. As a victim of abuse and as a career captain of industry. That fury it instills makes for hell in a boardroom but as the patriarch of a family? He’s not going to be all Carl Winslow. He’s very emotionally reserved, very hands on when it comes to the day to day of business (not even letting a stroke hold him back). Brian Cox truly was the right man for the role. He gives such a Shakespearean essence to Logan’s fervor and it makes those moments of levity shine bright. Like you’ve truly earned the king’s favor something you see in the eyes of everyone who gets even the smallest win with Logan.

@Cadence733 Год назад

Best line of Brian Cox dialogue was when he did a comedy set in Dundee, Scotland where he was trying to become the local member of Parliment. A journalist asks him 'are you nervous?' Brian Cox's character: 'Nervous? I've only been nervous three times in my life: the first time was when I was born. The second was the first time I used a soda stream. And the third was that time I thought I saw Fred West in Argos.'

@Tavera12 Год назад

Brian Cox's performance is absolutely incredible. Seriously one of the best TV performances I've ever seen.

@medha8536 Год назад

For real, he has such a presence. Even as he seems vulnerable his season, it's just soo soo accurate.

@GiantPetRat 5 месяцев назад

What stands out most to me about Cox as Logan is that warmth- or, at least, that mimicry of warmth. From the very beginning of the series, we see Logan at his most vulnerable, stumbling around in the dark. There's a sofness to him that very few other larger-than-life, big dick energy characters like him have ever displayed. Even if, as his brother said at his funeral, Logan gave up on good long ago, his warmth was so convincing that people would practically die for it- as Shiv said at his funeral. What's more, that warmth was often real; Cox once asked the writers whether Logan truly loved his children, and it was decided that yes, there was love there; no matter what horrible things they did or said to each other, there was love.

@mariesolal Год назад

My former (thankfully) father in law was EXACTLY like Logan Roy. It's chilling to watch the way he "shouts" instead of speak. You said it perfectly. He's a beast. A monster. And, sadly, my ex went to the dark side just like his children.

@RutmansProductie Год назад

Brian Cox just HAS to win the Emmy for this season. It would be a scandal if this performance were to go without it.

@Dilmahkana Год назад

For these couple episodes alone

@RutmansProductie Год назад

@@Dilmahkana Can’t wait to see it go the climax

@darkheart_7855 Год назад

Not sure if he got enough time to..

@xxxmnmxxmnmxxx Год назад

Well…

@RutmansProductie Год назад

@@xxxmnmxxmnmxxx aged like milk

@taylorlegall Год назад

This is an incredible analysis. I’d love breakdowns of the other performances especially Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook!

@Graziano45 Год назад

The eye contact part 🤯

@michaeltrue6202 Год назад

I loved Brian Cox, my dad was a very shrewd business man who had this manor - he was incredibly calm and calculated but he would just GO OFF if you stepped to far and his rants would be so righteous and terrifying. Watching Brian Cox's normal personality in his old 90's theatre lectures made me think damn.... Cox really must have just fully embodied the business tycoon persona not from experience but just because he is an amazing actor.

@zoo8985 Год назад

I love how this was structured. It felt like a full circle moment.

@rsingh2595 Год назад

Too many great shows this year. but I have to say the whole cast of succession is purely talent at the highest level, Greg, Tom, Rome shitting on each other to Hugo, Marcia, Karl and Gerry making moves behind backs. For a dude that loves action and horror more than anything this show kept that level of interest at ALL times. Never a dull moment 10/10

@killer_queen4062 11 месяцев назад

hey can you recommend other good shows?

@dennisrodmanburner7348 Год назад

bro uploaded this at the perfect time

@sujalbageriya2619 Год назад

This is the most perfect show I have ever seen. I am yet to hear one legit criticism about this show. Glad you are covering this modern masterpiece.

@alancastillo7932 Год назад

Seasons 2-4 have been incredible but I know a lot of people that weren't hooked until episode 6 of season 1 (it happened to me too).

@asomething2293 Год назад

@@alancastillo7932 True. But on rewatch those early episodes are pitch perfect, right? If we’re evaluating the show in its entirety, I don’t think they detract much. And maybe we appreciate the show more because we stuck with it.

@YungM.D. Год назад

@@alancastillo7932 I know I was a little disappointed with season 3 in hindsight with how limited a lot of it felt (in the first 2 episodes at least); they fixed that in episodes 3-9 tho

@jayshah4203 Год назад

@@alancastillo7932 Yeah! When I recommend this show I always notice myself saying to pservere through the first few episodes. It's when Kendall actively starts his manoeuvres to overthrow Logan is when the show kicks in. But its upon rewarch we start to appreciate the first few episodes and their impact on how the plot develops throughout.

@alancastillo7932 Год назад

@@asomething2293 Sure, I agree, on rewatch everything clicks better. I get more involved through episode 4 now, but I still can't get as involved as I am when watching seasons 2-4.

@Gavin48 Год назад

This video hits different now 😢

@alancastillo7932 Год назад

Perfect timing to release this, tbh.

@codyallen43 Год назад

His speech at ATN was absolutely legendary, it really shows how Logan was able to become the leader of a multinational media giant. And then to complement that with his seemingly genuinely emotional conversation with the kids at the karaoke bar, was perhaps one of the best performances I've ever seen.

@joaog6204 Год назад

This analysis is so great! a piece of art by itself. congrats on the vid

@davidwilfand916 Год назад

Incredible timing for this video.

@kamoheloiannk617 Год назад

14:11 it's like he's thinking Kendall really would've been the best if he wasn't so broken. Wait, I broke him.

@mucha7301 Год назад

Well, great timing

@GabrielFerreira-wf9le Год назад

It’s crazy how You made This video just before what happened in the last episode. It’s like You already knew 😢

@reneetmp Год назад

I like the idea of "donating" eye contact. Thank you for this video!

@chenaraseepersad3482 Год назад

Logan Roy is like Regina George I equally despise fear and want him to like me

@_grapefruit Год назад

Underrated comment

@Ahreman_egy Год назад

god imagine him still playing hannibal lecter , he would put a whole new creepy twist to the character

@kckazcoll1 Год назад

"the devil incarnate" - perfect description

@chrislink73 Год назад

I also loved Brian Cox's performance in Deadwood as Jack Langrishe. In shows filled with exceptional talent, Brian somehow always seems to shine through with his engaging performances.

@YnotNomis Год назад

A classic character portrayed by a legendary actor!

@rebecca_stone Год назад

Terrific essay highlighting the years of skill and work that it takes to truly be an actor. You can't fake this stuff. With all the cultural dross and sham stars out there, Succession has turned out to be a platform for the deep craft of writing and acting, and Cox who did decades of hard yards traditionally on stage and screen largely out of the mainstream limelight, now get the recognition his art deserves. Your analysis of voice, eyes, movement is a masterclass in character and craft study.

@brandonwhite4992 Год назад

You absolutely crushed the timing of release for this

@jesseweneedtocook6943 Год назад

Nicely timed video lol

@MJ-py7dm Год назад

This video hits different now after episode 4.

@kennethcastelino3033 Год назад

You mean Episode 3.

@MJ-py7dm Год назад

@@kennethcastelino3033 Yes indeed, I'm grieving so am a little confused.

@celinaskailand 11 месяцев назад

These videos are just brilliant! You've done such precise work looking into each performance. Fantastic job, man!

@eds1057 Год назад

I actually was watching the show while doing chores and was surprised how watchable it was without having to see what was on screen. I mean, like you pointed out, the show is basically set on a stage and what’s really most important is the dialogue, and of course the body language, and facial expressions and overall delivery.

@tanitavga Год назад

I've just discovered your videos and I have to say thank you!!! Seeing you dissect the scenes, the performances and so many small details really makes me appreciate the show even more

@cizerazra4300 5 месяцев назад

Your analyzes are so good😌😌 You point out important connections and you support it with visual resources. For example you talk about his background in theatre and shakespear plays then immediately put two scenes to show his similar vay of acting and voicing. Examples of animation movie scenes were really helpful to understand the quality too. I think telling these observations this say is really powerful. I have been watching your content for last few days and I wanted to give you credit for your work thank youu💫💫

@JustanObservation 5 месяцев назад

Thank you very much! I appreciate it

@jbwhitebirch6620 Год назад

I can see university classes on this show popping up all over.

@adaboBADa Год назад

Your observations on this show are so keen! I love your choice of words here: he doesn't give eye contacts, but rather occasionally donates it. (I don't remember the exact quote but something like that). I love all these videos and they only deepen my appreciation for the exceptional acting/writing/direction. I'm just so in love with this show! Perfection.

@johnricercato740 Год назад

Wonderfully written piece. Chapeau!

@AM257. Год назад

This man truly is a powerhouse. His performance reminded me so much of Anythony Hopkins in the first season of Westworld.

@mattbroderick7005 Год назад

Funny they both played Hannibal Lecter

@ggoty Год назад

Best Succession analysis yet! Brilliant work

@barfymann362 Год назад

He was scary in the Bourne Supremacy, the scene when they're searching for Jason Bourne and he is having a strategy conflict with Pamela - he pulls her aside and says, "You talk about this stuff like you read it in a book". Even though under-rated, I think his performance as Hannibal stands as the second best just after Mads Mikkelsen.

@thedudeabides3138 Год назад

Genuinely delighted to see you at 35K views after just 24hrs, you fully deserve this recognition.

@taaptee Год назад

oh my god the shakespearean dialogue delivery parallels

@spectrum838 Год назад

My dad looks exactly like Logan and yells the same - he could not be further from him in every sense of character but it’s hilarious to watch nonetheless

@ANProductionsOfficialChannel 11 месяцев назад

Brian Cox as Hermann Goering in the TV film Nuremberg is another fine example of how TERRIFYING he can be just with his eyes. Amazing actor. One of the last of his kind.

@freedomm Год назад

Brian Cox has incredible presence. His Logan Roy automatically hogs the spotlight. I pity the actors who have to share a scene with him. In four seasons, only the equally impressive Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce has been able to match him.

@000585677 Год назад

Great piece of analysis!!

@robbycannavale Год назад

The weird thing is he has certain mannerisms that remind me a lot of my dad, so even though he does and says evil things, it's hard for me to hate him.

@ladamita_exe Год назад

holy shit big same

@DaveyFish1 Год назад

@@KristianSkylstadperfectly said

@robinouuuuuuuu Год назад

LET'S GOOOOOO I WAS REWATCHING ALL YOUR SUCCESSION VIDEOS

@8BitTorrent Год назад

Great analysis as always!

@heavenoheck9664 Год назад

Thank you for the lovely video!

@jamessweeny9674 Год назад

what a week to drop this, great as usual

@prestely Год назад

I love the voice comparison with other actors - some, Shakespearean ones too. Cox makes me think of what an older Bryan Cranston would be too, both in the voice range and his physicality. Great video, as always!

@ravenblack942 Год назад

@JustanObservation Thank you for the analysis. What an astutely perceptive understanding of human behaviors. A pleasure & education is found in listening to you sir.

@sarahc9068 Год назад

Wow. It was alarming (in a good way) to see just how much theatre and Shakespeare come through in his acting.

@corinnedixon3775 Год назад

Great review of Mr Cox

@idanlewenhoff2295 Год назад

Brian cox as scar in perfection

@abdulmajidisah3375 Год назад

Just an Observation really hit GOLD by releasing this video before Season 4, Episode 3. The part I love about this video analysis the most is with the way Brian Cox uses eyes contact to own a scene, skillfully communicate or to dominate another individual. Just pure masterclass! Logan’s presence is truly felt in every scene (even the ones where he is absent).

@hannesw.8297 Год назад

Brilliant analysis, thanks!

@declanbrennan-oo1yn Год назад

I prefer these succession analysis videos to the show!

@SICKOx Год назад

Incredible analysis video!

@robinouuuuuuuu Год назад

i'm going to miss him

@simonmoss78 Год назад

Thank you - Good JOB!

@MrPedeBT Год назад

Perfect analysis, very informative 👍🏼

@cocklovers-fc9xx Год назад

Whenever I see an interview with him, it doesn't feel like Logan at all. Even though they look the same, the demeanor and presence is just completely different. Such a good actor.

@mikebirminghamnz Год назад

A masterclass in critique. Ty

@Fidozo15 Год назад

First maybe? Keep the Succession series please, can’t have enough

@JustanObservation Год назад

Much more to come!

@Fidozo15 Год назад

@@JustanObservation I love you

@chalfontstgiles4307 Год назад

Living in Edinburgh, the Hibs Hearts joke was the funniest joke in the entire show.

@aarontoohey8993 Год назад

Great video mate.

@dcorso Год назад

Brilliant analysis

@danielemondmusic Год назад

Dude can I hire you to break down the words and behavior of every one of my exes? Seriously though, really wonderful and in-depth analysis.

@NahumPrz 2 месяца назад

The final episode of season 2 is Brian Cox at the top of his game: - "You're not a killer. You have to be a killer". The delivery of this line is beyond amazing for everything that it conveys. - The smirk on his face when watching Kendall betraying him, both amazed and satisfied (that Kendall is trying to be a killer) is so subtle and telling at the same time.

@RyBegz44 10 месяцев назад

Really well done video! Man I miss Succession

@dianagreen966 Год назад

I remember him in Manhunt as Hannibal Lector.

@r-t9266 Год назад

Wonderful video !

@Danny-sd5vm Год назад

Great video

@50H48 Год назад

Great observations!

@greenfox42 Год назад

Incredible video ❤

@Matatabi6 Год назад

If they ever adapt dune messiah they need to get Brian cox and the succession writers to do it, Dennis Villanueve is great for the cinematic first dune but book two is just people talking in rooms

@MyWorld-xw6ic 2 месяца назад

Omg he IS from the bourne identity! I couldn’t place where I’d seen him before and i certainly didn’t know he voiced so many animated characters!

@JustanObservation 2 месяца назад

He didn’t voice those animated characters, I was just showing how well his vocal work from the show fits classic villains

@MyWorld-xw6ic 2 месяца назад

@@JustanObservation ah. Ok. Thanks for explaining.

@ruprexo3527 Год назад

The timing of this videos relief is kinda crazy…

@alexk6343 Год назад

I'm not even joking, but at work I ask myself these days "what would Logan Roy do?" and if it's possible, try it. Allowed me to speak up when I need to. That's the power of a great actor in a great role - even tho I see the monster, I feel some respect to it.

@idea1istic Год назад

i know he criticizes Jeremy Strong as too addicted to his craft but he is the perfect compliment to Cox's Logan performance

@JamieBarrington Год назад

...R to the IP, Logan Roy, dude be the OG.... Brian Cox played his character in a perfectly nuanced manner and I'm going to miss the hell out of his presence in these final episodes. Episode 4 was perfection and if Brian Cox doesn't get Emmy supporting actor and Sarah Snook and Kieren Culkin getting best actor and actress, then there is no hope for the world in TV. Sarah made me cry and I don't even cry often. It felt so raw and real. Masterclass acting and writing all around! Hats off to Jesse Armstrong for taking such a big risk killing Logan offscreen and I think it will pay off. We all went through the same confusion and stages of grief along with the Roy siblings.