Jeremy Strong Responds To ‘Succession’ Sparking Murdoch Crisis Talks [Video]

Life really does imitate art — and Jeremy Strong is here for it.

Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the actor was asked about the revelation that Logan Roy’s demise in the final season of Succession last year sparked talks among Rupert Murdoch‘s children about their PR strategy in the event of the media mogul’s death.

The discussions were disclosed as part of a behind-closed-doors Nevada court case, during which Rupert Murdoch failed in an attempt to alter his family trust in favor of his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch. The New York Times reported that Mark Devereux, Elisabeth Murdoch’s representative to the trust, wrote a “‘Succession’ memo” intended to help avoid a real-life repeat of the events in the HBO series.

Stong told Kimmel that it showed Succession “speak[s] to the world that we’re in now” and that he had carefully considered the real-life resonance of the Emmy-winning drama. Strong played Kendall Roy, Logan’s second oldest son.

“When I read …