

“A lot of research went into Succession,” series creator Jesse Armstrong explained in an interview with the show’s parent network, HBO. “I wrote the pilot solo, so there was a good deal of my own research and life experience in there. Then there’s the writing room, which everyone informs with their stories and backgrounds.”

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