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The third season, which debuts on AT&T Inc's
HBO on Oct. 17, will explore whether Kendall has made a bold
move to save the company or acted recklessly and killed his own
career, said Jeremy Strong, who plays the character, on
Wednesday.
Kendall is one of four Roy siblings angling to take control of
the family's vast media holdings as their aging father struggles
to hang on in the TV series set in a world of fabulous wealth,
deception and incompetence.
At the start of the season, "we see sort of an airborne Kendall"
who feels "he's finally wrested himself free from the chains
that have been binding him," Strong said at a Television Critics
Association event.
After his initial euphoria from speaking out, Kendall veers
between "supreme confidence and cavernous doubt," Strong said.
"Is this person a visionary or a madman?" he added. "Is this
clarity, or is this delusion? Or is this person free, or are
they lost?"
Amid the corporate chaos, Roman Roy, played by Kieran Culkin, is
trying to prove himself as a worthy leader.
"I do think Roman has always had the tools and nobody really
sees him coming," Culkin said. "Because he jokes a lot, and
occasionally likes to shoot himself in the foot."
"I think he's a lot smarter than people think," Culkin added.
Whatever viewers think, they may not see what is coming as the
battle for control plays out, said Brian Cox, who portrays
patriarch Logan Roy."The thing I love about playing the role is
I'm always surprised," Cox said. "It seems to be on one
trajectory, but actually it's ... on several trajectories," he
said. "It's very much a reflection of who we are as human
beings, of how we shift."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Richard Chang)
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