“It fucked me up,” Strong, who played Kendall Roy in the satirical drama series for four seasons, told The Sunday Times. The dark comedy series, which follows a dysfunctional, super-rich American media family, wrapped up in May 2023 after four seasons.

Jeremy Strong describes the mental toll of starring on 'Succession,' saying that playing Kendall Roy really messed him up. He doesn't miss that chapter of his life.

Jeremy Strong has closed the Kendall Roy chapter of his life and is ready to move on. The Succession star said in a recent interview that he does not miss playing the character he gave life to on the HBO drama for four seasons. “It f*** me up,” Strong told The Sunday Times about playing Kendall.

In an interview with The Times of London, Strong shared that he struggled for the four seasons that HBO's "Succession" was on the air, saying that during his tenure as Kendall on the dark comedy about an American media family, he imagined terrible things happening to himself to prepare for the mentally anguished character.

Strong is not by any means ungrateful for the award-winning HBO hit. “That show was an incalculable gift. The material a banquet. So I miss that,” he explains, “But Kendall’s struggle was difficult to carry for seven years. And there’s just so much more I want to do.”

The actor would imagine terrible things happening to him to get into character, and says 'Kendall's struggle was difficult to carry' As if playing Kendall Roy during the award-winning run of Succession did not mess with Jeremy Strong enough,

Rumors of a Succession spinoff have been squashed, at least according to Jeremy Strong. The 45-year-old actor, who played Kendall Roy on the award-winning HBO series, isn’t intrigued by the thought of revisiting the show—or reprising his role.

Jeremy Strong's seven-year stint as Kendall Roy on 'Succession' was not always fun and games, as he admitted the character's "struggle was difficult to carry for seven years."