{"id":31306,"date":"2023-03-21T12:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1803768"},"modified":"2023-03-21T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:48:09","slug":"succession-ending-will-leave-fans-very-shocked-says-alexander-skarsgard","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/succession-ending-will-leave-fans-very-shocked-says-alexander-skarsgard\/","title":{"rendered":"Succession ending will leave fans \u201cvery shocked\u201d, says Alexander Skarsgard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The guest star praised the &#8220;tremendously well-written&#8221; final season. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Succession\u2019s Alexander Skarsgard has teased the drama\u2019s upcoming ending, revealing that fans will be \u201cvery surprised\u201d by the last episode.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish actor joined the HBO drama for season 3 to play Lukas Matsson, the confrontational founder and CEO of streaming giant GoJo \u2014 a character he reprises in the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">fourth and final season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"\/\/www.etonline.com\/alexander-skarsgard-confirms-birth-of-first-baby-says-succession-fans-will-be-shocked-by-end-201263&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a>, Skarsgard said that it\u2019s hard to predict how viewers will react to Succession\u2019s swan song, adding: \u201cI think it\u2019s tremendously well-written, this season. I can\u2019t say, like, \u2018You\u2019ll be satisfied.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/jeremy-strong-sarah-snook-kieran-culkin-66e298b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/jeremy-strong-sarah-snook-kieran-culkin-66e298b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/jeremy-strong-sarah-snook-kieran-culkin-66e298b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Succession season 4.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He continued: \u201cPeople will be very shocked, very surprised by the end of the season, for sure. And I hope that people feel that the show leaves them on a high but also wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis season I had \u2014 without giving anything away \u2014 I worked with some other people as well, which was a real treat. Not to say last season wasn\u2019t phenomenal with Brian [Cox]\u00a0and\u00a0Jeremy [Strong]\u00a0and\u00a0Kieran [Culkin]. Incredible. Incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-season-4-trailer-hbo-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Succession siblings team up with old foes to take down Logan in trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-spin-offs-hbo-doubts-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Succession creator hints at spin-offs \u2013\u00a0but HBO boss has doubts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Season 3 saw Logan Roy (Brian Cox) work with Matsson in the hopes of acquiring his streaming giant GoJo, and while Roman (Kieran Culkin) plays a part in negotiations, Logan ultimately decides to sell the company without any of his children\u2019s say.<\/p>\n<p>On his character, Skarsgard said that Matsson isn\u2019t \u201cdriven by greed or the need to accumulate more wealth\u201d but instead, competition.<\/p> <p>\u201cHe\u2019s very competitive \u2013 just like a game, any other game. It happened to be about a multi-billion-dollar company acquisition but for him, it\u2019s like any other game,\u201d he added. \u201c\u2018This should be impossible.\u2019 \u2018Oh really? Then I\u2019m going to make it happen.\u2019 That game was a lot of fun to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the latest trailer for Succession\u2019s upcoming season, which dropped in early March, fans saw the Roy children<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/succession-season-4-trailer-hbo-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"> join forces to take down their power hungry father<\/a>, who tells them: \u201cI love you but you are not serious people.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6322081819112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Succession returns on Monday 27th March at 9pm on Sky Atlantic and <a href=\"\/\/www.nowtv.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">NOW<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=11005&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fshop%2Ftv&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">sign up for Sky TV here<\/a>. 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