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If Rupert Murdoch and his family really did inspire Succession, then a new report from Vanity Fair confirms that the HBO series really nailed the tone.
“After interviewing dozens of people for this story, I was struck by how sad all the Murdochs seem,” reporter Gabriel Sherman writes for VF. “Some [Rupert] Murdoch profiles liken his late career arc to Shakespeare’s King Lear.”
Beyond that, however, the VF report also seems to indicate that Jesse Armstrong and his series have gotten under Murdoch’s skin. It apparently even factored into his divorce from Jerry Hall last year.