Nicholas Braun is like us, completely unprepared for the conclusion of “Succession.”
It was only recently announced that the iconic HBO series, which follows Logan Roy’s wealthy family and their dynastic power struggles, is coming to an end. For Braun, who plays cousin Greg on the hit TV show, the news was hard to swallow.
“It was pretty big,” she told ET at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday.
“We kind of expected it when we were doing the show, but you don’t believe it until Jesse says it,” he added, referring to showrunner Jesse Armstrong. “We are all quite shocked. I was sad as hell on my last day.
Braun rose to fame in Hollywood with his character gaffe-filled meme factory. Introduced in the first episode of 2018, Greg was a distant relative of the wealthy Roys, until his need for work put him on the sidelines and made him an complicit member of the family business.
“We finished a couple of weeks ago and it was a really hard day, you know, saying goodbye to everybody,” Braun told the media. “It was the greatest work experience of my life. So saying goodbye to those people was really hard.”
While Armstrong previously stated that “Succession” would only last four or five seasons in total, he did not announce that this would be the show’s final season until last month. Braun and his colleagues, while ready to accept that fact, were just as disappointed as the fans — and they only had a hunch.
“I had an idea,” Braun told ET about how the series finale, which airs in May, might end. “Neither of us had read the script before it came to us – we had a draft read on the table – so we didn’t know exactly how it was going to turn out. However, the end is fire.
While none of the cast have spilled any secrets (and they’re unlikely to), Braun isn’t the only cast member with emotional feelings about the finale. Jeremy Strong, who plays the main Roy family disruptor Kendall, told GQ last month that the finale “will feel like a death.”
Braun has taken on other projects in the meantime and most recently starred in “Cat Person,” which premiered at Sundance this year. While he’s sad to see “Succession” go, he knows fans can’t get enough of Greg — and he promised the final season won’t disappoint.
“He’s getting beat up again this season,” she told ET. “Some fun stuff.”
“Succession” Season 4 will air at 4:00 PM ET on March 26 on HBO.
