Succession Fans Are 'Obsessed' With 'Perfect' Cameo In Penultimate Episode

Fans were full of praise when they picked up on the "delicious" piece of casting in *that* funeral scene.
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Logan Roy's funeral took place in the penultimate episode of Succession
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Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the latest episode of Succession.

With Logan Roy now literally dead and buried, there’s only one episode left to go in the last ever season of Succession.

Gutting as that is to hear… wasn’t that funeral episode just everything?

The penultimate episode of the fourth and final series of Succession aired in the US on Sunday, and saw the Roys arriving at their dad’s funeral, as the tension between them continued to escalate.

During the episode, the late mogul’s estranged wife, ex-wife and lovers past and present all crossed paths for the first time in one memorable scene.

What some viewers might not have picked up on, though, was a rather genius piece of casting.

Logan’s former lover Sally-Anne made an appearance in one of the episode’s most infamous scenes, played by none other than Brian Cox’s real-life wife, actor and filmmaker Nicole Ansari-Cox.

As more fans of Succession picked up on the cameo, they were full of praise for Nicole’s inclusion in the episode, hailing it as “perfect” and “delicious”:

Succession director Mark Mylod has since told The Hollywood Reporter that Nicole landed the part after initially shadowing him on set.

She had asked if she could shadow me because she’s a director, and she asked if she could hang out and shadow me for the episode. I was happy for her to do that,” he revealed.

“She’s a really wonderful person and a great director. So she was with me anyway.”

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Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox at the premiere of Succession's final season earlier this year
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He continued: “When we got the script, there’s this character, Sally Anne. She said, ‘This is me! It’s exactly my profile. Do you mind if I read for it?’.

“I said, ‘Nicole, knock yourself out!’. And she was fantastic. So she got the role.”

Succession is available to stream on NOW, with the final episode arriving on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK on Monday 29 May.

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