Yet, as EW points out, the actress is looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
“Fooled you again!”
she says in response, with glee.

J. Cameron-Smith in season 4 of ‘Succession’.Macall B. Polay/HBO
Smith-Cameron teases that Gerri herself may be in trouble at the start of season 4.
“My character is not on terra firma,” she tells EW.
It’s a new limbo that she’s in.
And yet she’s still the canny, capable one in the business, who’s always somehow needed.
No, they wouldn’t do that, I don’tthink.
No, it’s very secret.
I will say, it’s veryjuicy, its got some very startling, cool things in it.
It’s a bumpy ride."
Will we see more of these shenanigans between the pair this time around?
“Well, that would be telling wouldn’t it?”
“We’re definitely in a different, new phase.
The actress admits to feeling sad aboutSuccessioncreatorJesse Armstrong’sdecision to end the show this season.
[Laughs] It’s sad.”
So, would Smith-Cameron consider starring in a spin-off show?
And it would be likeThe Mary Tyler Moore Show, but with Gerri.
I’m really kidding.
I think there’s a lot of material."
I’m just terribly proud of it."
Successionseason 4 premieres Sunday, March 26, on HBO and HBO Max.