Yet, as EW points out, the actress is looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

“Fooled you again!”

she says in response, with glee.

Photograph by Macall B. Polay/HBO J. Smith-Cameron HBO Succession Season 4

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.