'Succession' star Brian Cox hints at the 'obstacles' Logan Roy faces in season 3, including a UTI

The third season of HBO's Emmy-winning dramedy "Succession" will become available to stream on October 17.

• Brian Cox spoke with The New York Times ahead of the season three premiere of "Succession."
• In the new episodes, he said his character Logan Roy deals with various obstacles, including a UTI.
• Cox also warned that fans can expect Logan's "demonic" side to come out this season.
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Logan Roy, the fictional CEO and chairman of media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar Royco on HBO's "Succession," overcomes countless barriers to achieve and maintain his post.

On the Emmy-winning show's forthcoming third season, a series of infections serve as the latest test for the Roy patriarch, actor Brian Cox told The New York Times on Wednesday.

"In this season - I don't know if I'm supposed to say this - but at one point he has a UTI infection," the 75-year-old Scottish actor said. "He gets these little infections that are thrown as obstacles in his way."

A urinary tract infection (UTI) occurs when bacteria infect a section of the urinary tract. If a UTI is left untreated, it can develop into more serious health conditions, however Cox did not elaborate on the severity of his character's infection.

"There's a lot to be dealt with in this season. I won't go into details because that would be giving it away," he added.

For much of the show's first two seasons, the audience gets to know Logan through his relationship with his children. He tolerates Connor (Alan Ruck), embarks on a power struggle with Kendall (Jeremy Strong), dishes out brief moments of affection for Shiv (Sarah Snook), and exercises impatience with Roman (Kieran Culkin).

Cox recognizes that the mystery behind the business magnate is part of the show's intrigue, and only in select moments, like the "Boar on the Floor" scene from the third episode of season two, do we see the "the full demonic him."

The new episodes promise more intel on exactly who Logan is, separate from his family. "There are moments when that demonic him comes out. Because he's quite angry," the actor warned.

Season two of "Succession" ends with the future of Waystar Royco (and the Roy family) in limbo after Kendall refuses to take the blame for a corporate cover-up and goes off-script at a televised press conference, exposing Logan as the culprit instead.

Though all of the Roy family members are dealing with their own individual issues and complex relationships with each other, Cox has no sympathy for the billionaire family.

"I have empathy but not sympathy," he told The New York Times. "The Roys suffer a great deal from a different kind of want, which is the want of having too much as opposed to not having."

Season three of "Succession" premieres October 17 on HBO.