James Cromwell would have done Ivan Roy proud. Fresh off his character’s scene-stealing speech on Sunday night’s episode “Succession,” the actor who plays Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) polite and morally conscious brother thanked the show’s writers for their big moment. Thanked and expressed solidarity with the WGA strike.
“It starts with words,” Cromwell wrote on Twitter. “Nothing happens without them. Sometimes, the writing excels, but, in every case, it’s fundamental. I recently got to deliver a brilliant speech that not only explained the characters of me and my brother, Rather it published an entire narrative. That’s what great writers do. And they should be compensated according to their contribution.
Cromwell further stated that “at the very least” writers “need to be able to provide for themselves and their families.”
“In this age of corporate greed and union busting, management holds all the cards. Except the most important: unity; solidarity; fraternity,” Cromwell added. “When writers win, we all win. And we will win. Federation! strike!”
There’s no such thing as a bad actor on “Succession,” but Cromwell has been regularly overshadowed by his co-stars for the past four seasons. As Roy’s children plot, curse, and back-stab, Evan is often pushed into a corner as he judges his younger brother’s family and preaches that there is a more moral way to live life.
His role changes in “Church and State”, in which Evan delivers a eulogy for his brother. As Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiva (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) struggle to find the impossible line between heartwarming and stock-raising, Evan steps in against their will to reveal the truth. Said. He spoke openly about his and Logan’s traumatic childhood around the time of World War II, as well as the death of his sister. But while he casts his late brother in a sympathetic light, he refuses to let Logan off the hook, saying that his brother “had done some of the most horrible things.” Evan’s brutal honesty ultimately inspires powerful speeches from Kendall and Shiva.
Best known for his work as a character actor, Cromwell won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role in “American Horror Story: Asylum” and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for “Babe”. Nominated for Academy Award for Supporting Actor. , He has also starred in “The Green Mile,” “Star Trek: First Contact,” “Six Feet Under,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Young Pope.”
