“Authentic casting” refers here to the practice of casting roles with actors who have the same lived experiences – with, for instance, disabled roles going to disabled actors.
Actor Brian Cox has criticised the push towards authentic casting, arguing that it does a disservice to the “craft” of acting.
Speaking to the Radio Times, Succession star Cox discussed the films he had watched recently, such as A Beautiful Mind and The Theory of Everything.
In Succession, Cox plays Logan Roy, a vindictive media tycoon who suffers a stroke early on in the series’ run.