Halloween Costume Guide
Greg Hirsch spends most of Succession trying to work out which Roy family member currently needs flattering and which one he can safely ignore, usually getting it wrong. Nicholas Braun plays him as a man whose suits never quite fit his own height, which is the whole joke of the costume: everything should look slightly borrowed. Succession ended its run with a Best Drama Series Emmy win for its final season (Wikipedia), so the show is still fresh in a lot of people’s minds, even though Greg himself is a supporting player rather than a lead.
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The green raincoat is what people notice first, and if you leave it at home the rest of the outfit just reads as “guy from the office,” not Greg specifically. At a party, the costume falls apart fastest if the blazer fits too well. Greg’s whole silhouette is a tall man wearing clothes sized for someone else, so a slightly loose fit does more work here than an expensive one. Skip a wig or hair product entirely; Greg’s hair is unremarkable on purpose.
Greg turns down Kendall’s offer of cocaine with a flat, deadpan “I don’t do white drugs,” which somehow makes him sound more strait-laced and more suspicious at the same time. Play him as someone constantly calculating whether the person in front of him can help or hurt his position at Waystar Royco, and losing that calculation out loud, mid-sentence, in front of everyone.
Don’t Iron the Blazer
A crisp, pressed blazer photographs like a costume-store rental. Greg’s clothes look slept in more often than they look tailored, so a slightly rumpled jacket actually reads more accurate than a pristine one.
Practice Talking Yourself Into a Corner
Greg’s best bits come from over-explaining a simple answer until it stops making sense. At a party, if someone asks what your costume is, try answering in the most roundabout way possible before landing on “Greg from Succession.” It’s a small bit, but it’s the right bit.
Couples Idea
Might work, but Comfrey is a minor character without a strong visual signature of her own, so this pairing depends almost entirely on people already knowing the later seasons well.
Duo Idea
Excellent duo and one of the show’s most reliable comic pairings. Tom’s controlling, needling energy against Greg’s nervous compliance is instantly recognizable to anyone who watched even one season.
Group Idea: Succession Roy Family & Entourage
Strong group if everyone commits to their character’s specific energy, since the Roy siblings all dress in similarly expensive, similarly muted clothes and rely on posture and attitude more than costume pieces to stand apart. Works best for a crowd that watched the whole series.
Group Idea: Bumbling Corporate Sidekicks
Might work, but this crosses five different shows and asks a lot of a general party crowd. It reads clearly only to people who recognize each character on sight, which is a narrower audience than the costumes themselves suggest.
Start with a classic black blazer over a blue dress shirt and a navy striped tie, then add khaki pants and a brown belt. The green raincoat is the one piece that pushes the look from generic office wear into Greg territory, so don’t skip it. Finish with brown loafers.
Succession ended its run with a Best Drama Series Emmy win for its fourth and final season, and the show still comes up constantly in conversations about the best TV of the 2020s. Greg himself is a supporting character, so recognition depends on the crowd knowing the show rather than clocking the outfit on sight.
“I don’t do white drugs.” “I’m sturdy. I’m a sturdy birdy.” And from the Season 4 premiere, to Tom: “Don’t turn me into a word, Tom. I’m a guy. Why do you have all these little guys? These little Greggies running around?”
No. Pick one. The brown round-toe pair is the safer, more office-appropriate choice. The black and white plaid pair is a louder alternative if you want a bit more visual texture at the ankle.
Nothing special. Greg’s hair is just parted and a little unkempt. Don’t style it too neatly or the awkward-cousin effect disappears.
Works best with Tom Wambsgans, since their odd-couple dynamic is one of the show’s funniest running bits. A wider Roy family group also works if enough people commit to the different personalities.
What does Greg say when Kendall offers him cocaine?
Which item in the costume is the one that makes it recognizable as Greg rather than generic office wear?
Who plays Greg Hirsch in Succession?