Jeremy Strong played Kendall Roy on HBO's Succession. He's now starring in The Apprentice, as Donald Trump's unscrupulous lawyer and mentor Roy Cohn. Strong says the film examines the playbook Cohn passed on to Trump: "Always attack, deny everything and never admit defeat." Also, Will Ferrrell and his friend and former SNL writing partner Harper Steele, talk about the road trip they took after Harper came out as a trans woman. Their trip is the subject of the new Netflix documentary, Will & Harper. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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I'm Terry Gross with fresh air weekend today actor Jeremy Strong.
He played Kendall Roy on HBO succession.
Hes now starring in the Apprentice as Donald Trumps unscrupulous lawyer and mentor, Roy Cohn.
Strong says the film examines the playbook Cohn passed on to Trump always attack.
Deny everything, and never admit defeat.
Also, Will Ferrell and his friend and former SNL writing partner Harper Steele talk about the road trip they took after Harper sent an email explaining she was coming out as a trans woman.
In the last ten years, I've been trying to understand what's going on, tried to get rid of it over and over again throughout my life, and now I'm giving up the fight.
Their road trip is the subject of the new Netflix documentary will and Harper that's coming up on FresH Air weekend.
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