Oscar-winnerAdrien Brodywill be joining the cast ofSuccessionin the show’s third season. Brody will play Josh Aaronson, who is described as a billionaire activist inventor who becomes pivotal in the battle for Waystar.
Brody joins what is already looking to be an impressive lineup of actors forSuccession’s latest season. The Emmy-winning seriesalso announced this week thatAlexander Skarsgårdwill play the character of Lukas Matsson, a tech founder and CEO. In addition to Brody and Skarsgård,Succession’s third season will also introduce characters played byHope Davis,Linda Emond,Jihae Kim,Sanaa Lathan, andDaska Nekrasova.
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Brody has also recently signed on to play Pat Riley in HBO’s new 1980s-set series about the Los Angeles Lakers, which is also co-created bySuccessionexecutive producerAdam McKay. That as-yet-untitled series will also feature a massive ensemble cast that includesJohn C. Reilly,Jason Clarke,Bo Burnham,Jason Segel, andGaby Hoffman.
Beyond work with HBO, Brody has several films on the way, most notablyWes Anderson’s latest,The French Dispatch. Also in post-production isEl Tonto, written and directed byCharlie Day,Blondefrom directorAndrew Dominikabout the life ofMarilyn Monroe, who is played byAna de Armas, and a currently untitled film from directorTom GeorgestarringSaoirse Ronan,Sam Rockwell, andDavid Oyelowo.
While it’s unclear when the highly anticipated third season ofSuccessionwill premiere, the show is currently filming and can’t come soon enough. Check out the logline for the third season from HBO below:
“Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of season two, Logan Roy begins season three in a perilous position. Scrambling to secure familial, political and financial alliances, tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.”
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