Jeremy Robust‘s Emmy-winning tenure as Kendall Roy on HBO’s “Succession” is over, and he advised The New York Instances Journal in a latest interview that “there was a second when the present ended the place I felt a profound sense of, ‘Was this the factor? Was this the occasion of my life?’ After which a terrific dedication to realize exit velocity from it so I might try and do extra.”

That “extra” is now coming into focus. Robust is at present on Broadway headlining the play “Enemy of the Folks” alongside Michael Imperioli and Victoria Pedretti. He’s additionally set to play Roy Cohn within the upcoming biographical drama “The Apprentice,” which options Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.

Robust advised the publication that “I haven’t spent a lot time worrying about” whether or not he’ll have the ability to distance himself from the career-defining position of Kendall Roy. The New York Instances Journal famous that many actors, be it James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”) or Alan Alda (“M*A*S*H”), have struggled to maneuver their careers past an iconic TV position. That doesn’t look like a priority for Robust.

“I went proper into Roy Cohn, partly simply to type of shake [‘Succession’] off,” Robust mentioned. “Roy Cohn, you’ll be able to’t overstate his affect in our nation, his legacy of the denial of actuality and sure issues that he imparted to Donald Trump. His playbook has a tentacular attain that’s staggering — probably the most fascinating particular person I’ve ever tried to inhabit. I ought to say a disclaimer: My job is to be a humanistic investigator of a topic and to withhold judgment. So whereas I personally might need loads of judgment about Roy Cohn, that isn’t the a part of me that engages within the artistic work.”

Robust additionally addressed the general public’s picture of him as a super-serious Technique actor who loves self-suffering and doesn’t have an oz. of levity in his physique. When requested if he’s fascinated about making a comedy, the actor answered: “I believed ‘Succession’ was wickedly humorous. I don’t know that that present will be put into any field, but it surely had an unimaginable quantity of humor in it.”

“It’s not one thing that I gravitate towards, but it surely’s not one thing that I’m towards,” Robust added about comedy. “Peter Sellers, he’s like a god to me. The final time I labored with Sam Gold was a play known as ‘The Coward,’ which was primarily ‘Barry Lyndon’ meets ‘The Jerk.’ I did the entire play in falsetto. Your very personal paper, The New York Instances, mentioned that after two hours, you’re starved for silence. I believed, That’s precisely what I used to be making an attempt to do. It’s a fantasy that I’m this humorless particular person.”

Robust admitted that having enjoyable is “most likely one thing I’m not nice at doing,” though he added: “I’ll let you know this. I like a great motion film. I noticed ‘The Equalizer 3’ the weekend it opened in Denmark on my own. It’s a great decompressant for me.”

“An Enemy of the Folks” is at present in previews on Broadway and has its official opening evening on March 18. Head over to The New York Instances Journal’s web site to learn Robust’s newest interview in its entirety.