Sarah Snook & the 'Succession' Team Break Down That Harrowing Balcony Fight | Making a Scene

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Published 2023-08-16
One of the most tense scenes from Succession's final season is a blowout argument between characters Shiv and Tom on the balcony of their high-rise apartment during a party. Actor Sarah Snook breaks down shooting the difficult scene outside on a cold night, revealing her pregnancy to the cast and crew, and how she had fun arguing with scene partner Matthew Macfadyen. Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, along with Director of Photography John Paino and editor Ken Eluto give insight into how the actors' performances made this challenging shoot seem so effortless.

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All Comments (21)
  • @taracurrie9094
    One of the best written and well-acted scenes in the entire series. It was so satisfying to hear these characters finally say these words to each other. Sarah and Matthew (and all involved) deserve all the awards!
  • @nadsam23
    Aside from this entire scene, my favorite line from Tom to Shiv in season 2 was "I love you I do it's just I wonder if the sad I'd be without you would be less than the sad I get from being with you"
  • @christinaz.271
    One can write an entire book about the complexity behind Tom's and Shiv's relationship. They are the embodiment of "wrong person, wrong time" but how they want to make it "right person, right time" because deep down, they love each other. ❤
  • @vivekkumar-iy5ve
    Tom and shiv will remain one of the most toxic and heart breaking married couple in recent tv history. I hope Matthew and sarah will remain friends for their life because they have given most entertaining, emotional , sadistic arc and performance to their characters ( there is something extraordinary about tv series which you can't find in film )
  • @lily__e
    "Succession is filled with a lot of different actors with very different approaches. I would say of the whole group, these two are the most in sync with how they approach a scene. They're a dream when they're together." 🙌
  • @tink6225
    Sarah and Matthew have some of the most expressive faces in the show, i loved all their scenes together💖
  • @ambermoon719
    Matthew and Sarah are stunning and brutal together. Matthew has to be the finest actor I’ve come across in years. He embodies everything, doesn’t push anything, is natural, weak, strong, funny, with ever responding ✨electrical ✨emotional authenticity. That’s what makes him the most relatable human in this show.
  • @joanneweiss3864
    This alone makes me want to rewatch entire last season for the 3rd time....every damn Emmy to them!!!!
  • @jamesmarie
    I didn’t realize I needed a Sarah Snook in my life, but she has became a favorite actor after Succession. Everyone who worked on this show deserves ALL the rewards.
  • @karenwilliams777
    Fascinating that they had a married couple direct this episode.
  • @henrikanchelia64
    Fact that i'm watching this at 3am is a huge testament that i just can't get over such a magnificent show like this and i still miss it every single day and that this dialog hurts like lemon squeezed on an open wound.
  • @onothankyou
    An Aussie and a Brit portraying the most raw emotions in perfect American English. Absolutely outstanding work by these two.
  • @vivekkumar-iy5ve
    I hope both macfadyen and sarah wins their respective deserving emmy 👏
  • @julidekavak5639
    Absolute masterpiece. I didn't watch this scene, I felt it, didn't even realise I was welled up.
  • @TheKrazysexykool
    This is my very number one favorite show of all time. They didn't put one foot wrong in the making of this show. The production was high quality which complemented the high quality of life the Roys lived. The audience was basically in the offices, boardrooms, penthouses, etc with the cast. We were silent members of the Waystar Royco entourage
  • @benbouffard1793
    Getting be an extra on this set for a week was a total privilege. Unreal experience.
  • @pamelaspokes3761
    The duality of that last line "you don't deserve me, and you never did"...ouch..
  • @jhonnynunez1917
    One of the hallmarks of this production is how the cast and crew didn’t operate on total discretion with one another. Actors were finding things out as it came time to shoot and the crew pretty much gave the actors freedom to interpret the scenes as they felt fit. For a show whose central theme is distrust amongst these characters, it takes a lot of trust to be able to make such a masterpiece of a show. I’m still not over Succession ending and this video didn’t help 😭.
  • @RolandDeschain1
    I love how this show was shot on film. It really is gorgeous.