Jeremy Strong nearly jumped into the East River while filming the Succession finale

Jeremy Strong in the Succession season 4 finale
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Jeremy Strong's performance as Kendall Roy in Succession is one for the small-screen history books, with the character joining the antihero hall of fame. However, Kendall's closing scene in the season finale could have gone in a much darker direction if Strong had his way. Warning: there are Succession season 4 finale spoilers ahead! 

The character's final scene in the series sees 💃Kendall leave the Waystar RoyCo offices after failing to gain enough board votes to become CEO and wander, in a daze, to New York's Battery Park, trailed by his late father's bodyguard. 

He sits down on a bench overlooking the East River, staring out over the water as it sinks in that everything he's wor♑ked toward in his life has amounted to nothing. St🌃rong, who has become known for his method acting, had other ideas, though. 

"I tried to go into the water after we cut," the act🉐or told . "I got up from that bench and went as fast as I could over the barrier and onto the pilings, and the actor playing [Logan's former bodyguard] Colin raced over. I didn't know I was gonna do that, and he didn't know, but he raced over and stopped me. I don't know whether in that moment I felt that Kendall just wanted to die &♐ndash; I think he did – or if he wanted to be saved by essentially a proxy of his father."

Strong added: "I also don't know if [Kend🐽all] would've had the courage to actually go in that water, because my God, it would've been hard to do. But I think you even feel on a cellular level the intention or the longing to cross🌜 that threshold."

All episodes of Succession are streaming on Max in the US and NOW in the UK – if you still need to catch up, check out our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Succession season 4 episode count. For more viewing inspiration, fill out your watch list with our picks of all the best 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new TV shows on the way. 

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