Succession season three has a theme, and that theme is height. Variety announced this week that the Emmy-winning HBO drama has added exceedingly tall Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård and Oscar winner Adrien Brody to its ranks for season three, as the battle to run Waystar Royco continues. Skarsgård will play Lukas Matsson, an accomplished yet confrontational tech founder and CEO, while Brody will guest star as Josh Aaronson, a billionaire activist-investor who becomes crucial in the battle for ownership of the drama’s fictional family conglomerate.
Even before the additions of the six-foot-four Skarsgård and the six-foot-one Brody, Succession was already populated with famous talls. While Matthew Macfadyen’s hapless Tom can often be found playing “Boar on the Floor,” the actor actually stands at six foot three. Nicholas Braun’s incredibly awkward Cousin Greg clocks in at a truly whopping six foot seven—as does his fictional grandfather Ewan Roy, played by the equally towering James Cromwell.
Succession also features Emmy winner Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox, and Sarah Snook, great actors who are not quite as tall, as well as Kieran Culkin, whose five-foot-six frame will continue representing short kings on the Succession set. Incredible potential for height-related gags aside, we understand all those who are hoping production will get Culkin an apple box to stand on during filming. Or, as one Twitter user put it:
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