Jeremy Strong says he “sometimes lost touch with joy” while playing Kendall Roy in “Succession.” The actor recently “rediscovered play.”As if playing Kendall Roy during the award-winning run of “Succession” didn’t mess with Jeremy Strong enough, the character is still taking a toll on the self-described “identity diffusion” actor. Movies Who’s afraid of Roy Cohn? Not Jeremy Strong In the controversial Trump biopic “The Apprentice,” Strong takes on the role of notorious political fixer Roy Cohn and somehow finds a way into empathy. And there’s just so much more I want to do,” said Strong, who has also let go of the idea of a Kendall spinoff. Advertisement“I think I’m a fairly earnest person, and that’s gotten me in trouble,” Strong said, “but I’m not interested in camouflaging or disguising myself.