She's trying to find her own identity within this game plan.' And she's willing to spit on anyone who gets in her way. 'She's doubling down on being part of this company and a part of this family-or if not the family, then to own the company and, in that sort of the sense, the family as well. 'She's wondering whose side she's on,' she says. That Roy desire to dig in her heels is something that is central to Shiv's quest this season, Snook adds. 'And there's something that all the Roy children do, which is a blind ego narcissism where they believe they are right. Upon first encountering Shiv's nasty power move, Snook just wanted to make it 'believable.' 'It's a horrible thing to say,' she says. Hell have a Bent Key and a Yellowed Letter on him. After defeating them, when you explore the cave youll discover the corpse of a man by the entrance. She pens a brutal letter aimed at Kendall, describing him as an addict and misogynist with 'disordered thinking.' It's so mean even Connor (Alan Ruck) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) won't sign it. Inside this cave youll encounter a bunch of level 34 arachnomorphs (spider-like insectoids). 'I was reading the episode with my husband and we were like, 'That's not COVID safe, what are we going to do there?'' she says.įor as much as the expectoration is a hilariously juvenile move, when Shiv composes herself and strikes back in earnest, she does it with even more force. Shiv's spit was also a shocking development for Snook given the COVID restrictions the cast was dealing with as they filmed this season. It's a childish thing to do, and yet somehow, because now we get the context and we know what it's from and see the anger that she has, there's something really powerful about it and also sexy. 'Maybe something about it is because it's so what we perceive as unwomanly and unfeminine and there's something really base about it and animal. 'I definitely was aware that people were going nuts for the spitting in the journal moment,' Snook tells Thrillist. She picks up a notebook, flips to a page, and ejects a big wad of spit while choking back tears. She's humiliated, so she storms to his office where she finds evidence of his heist. He blasts Nirvana's 'Rape Me' out of a series of speakers while she tries to quell concerns of sexual misconduct.

Shiv, newly appointed president of Waystar Royco, was presenting at a companywide Town Hall when her brother Kendall (Jeremy Strong) hijacks the scene. Even before the new season premiered, the image had been turned into a GIF, and there was a chorus of people on Twitter asking Shiv to spit on them.Īfter Episode 3, we know the full context. It was the loogie that sent the internet ablaze.

When the first teaser for the third season of HBO's Succession arrived, fans of the show went wild, but one specific moment stood out: Sarah Snook's Shiv Roy serving up a juicy wad of spit.

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