As Kendall and everyone else has been reminded on this season of Succession, anyone who is deficient on that front quickly ends up as the object of Logan’s ire and the recipient of his mighty wrath. That hasn’t been a problem (so far) for Hugo Baker, Waystar’s part-time crisis manager, part-time travel agent, and full-time Logan toadie.
Hugo first appeared on the show in Season 2, and has recently been seen probing the forehead of a poor fellow who had Kendall Roy’s initials tattooed onto his face. Fisher Stevens plays Hugo with all the over-the-top ass-kissing required of this sort of character, which sometimes entails little more than keeping his mouth shut and his face neutral when the boss says the latest outrageous thing-which happens all the time. That’s no easy task for Stevens to keep it together while Brian Cox unleashes yet another foul-mouthed and hilarious screed on Kieran Culkin. When I recently spoke with Stevens, we discussed his reactions to those over-the-top Logan lines-along with some pretty great ones Hugo delivers-and what it’s like to work on Succession. We also discussed his very different work as an executive producer on both seasons of Tiger King and his deep love of the NBA.
I just finished another Zoom-I’d go and stop the video and take a bite. How’d you do on the tuna salad? Did you nail it? My daughter is 5, and she goes “make Shirley’s tuna fish.” You do it with your hands. You wash your hands and do it with your hands. This season of Succession opens with you playing it straight while Brian Cox yells “Do you want to suck my dick?” at Kieran Culkin. I would have lost my shit and doubled over with laughter.īrian would scream at me if I did. It’s such a great job because I don’t say much but I get to watch everything. I have this lucky job where I get to look and watch these masters at work, and I get to participate. Just watching Brian and Kieran, they’re so funny.
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