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An Interview At The “Succession” Premiere Was Awkwardly Interrupted After Brian Cox Began Full On Screaming At Photographers In The Background And It Was Actually Like A Scene From The Show

In true Roy style, it looks like things got heated at the Succession Season 4 premiere on Monday night.

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Nina Westervelt / Variety via Getty Images

Marking the fourth and final season of the hit HBO show, the entire cast took to the red carpet for one last time — and it wound up being a pretty eventful evening.

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Nina Westervelt / Variety via Getty Images

Sarah Snook — who plays Shiv Roy — started the night on a high by debuting her baby bump, subsequently announcing that she’s 32 weeks pregnant and feeling great.

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Taylor Hill / FilmMagic

Congratulations are also in order for Alexander Skarsgård, who confirmed for the first time that he welcomed his first child with his girlfriend, Tuva Novotny, last year.

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Taylor Hill / FilmMagic

Elsewhere, the rest of the cast soaked up the fun and seemed in high spirits as they posed for a few obligatory family photos for the photographers.

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Taylor Hill / FilmMagic

But, despite good vibes all around, things did get momentarily awkward on the red carpet when Brian Cox — who famously stars in the show as Waystar Royco’s ruthless founder, Logan Roy — lost it at some photographers.

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Taylor Hill / FilmMagic

In case you haven’t seen it, a video made the rounds on Twitter Tuesday morning, in which Fisher Stevens — who plays Waystar Royco employee Hugo Baker — was forced to briefly pause his interview with Deadline after hearing a commotion on the red carpet.

“It’s building obviously to an ending,” Fisher told the reporter about the final season before having to stop and acknowledge the unmistakable sound of his costar’s yelling in the background. “You can hear Brian screaming; Brian is, um, still mad.”

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In the clip, Fisher appears very confused, looking to other people around him for answers as Brian’s shouting continues.

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“That’s Brian screaming,” he added awkwardly, attempting to laugh it off. “He’s having a good time. He’s enjoying his final premiere of the show. Sorry, that was interesting. I wonder who he’s screaming at?”

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Fisher was quick to try to account for the interruption, suggesting that Brian was probably joking — or maybe just channeling his character, who’s known to have similarly intense outbursts.

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“He’s not serious. I don't think he's real. I think he's having fun, right?” he asked someone near him. “He’s Logan! He can do whatever the fuck he wants.”

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According to Deadline, the yelling took place during a group photograph on the red carpet, and a representative was quick to inform them that he was “just joking.”

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Nina Westervelt / Variety via Getty Images

However, the outlet caught up with Brian personally later in the night and learned that that wasn’t entirely accurate.

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Taylor Hill / FilmMagic

When quizzed on the outburst, Brian was reportedly “bewildered and unfazed that anything had gone wrong,” but said that he’d gotten frustrated with the photographers.

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Nina Westervelt / Variety via Getty Images