Succession actress Sarah Snook reveals how Taylor Swift helped her prepare for new Broadway show

Succession actress Sarah Snook has revealed that she decided to take a page out of Taylor Swift’s book while preparing for her new role on Broadway – and it really paid off.

Snook, 37, is currently starring in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway, which sees her taking on all 26 roles in the dynamic show.

And, it’s no easy feat, which means that Snook had to prepare both mentally and physically beforehand.

When she was asked about her fitness routine during a recent interview with The New Yorker, Snook admitted that Swift was behind some of her regimen. 

‘No alcohol, no caffeine. Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep. And I do my lines at pace on a treadmill, you know,’ she told the outlet.

The interviewer chimed in to point out that the treadmill technique was something that Swift did to prepare for The Eras Tour.

‘I heard that and thought, “That’s a genius idea. I’m gonna do that,”‘ the Emmy-winning actress shared.

During her 2023 Person of the Year interview with TIME Magazine, the Bad Blood hitmaker revealed her intense training program for the sold-out, worldwide tour.

Swift explained that she started training six months before the tour kicked off at a New York City-based gym called Dogpound – a ‘state-of-the-art’ facility ‘offering bespoke team, private training, lifestyle advice,’ according to its website. 

She recalled performing her entire setlist while running on a treadmill, so that she would be ready to belt out her hits while moving around the stage.

‘Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud,’ she said. ‘Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs.’

The Cruel Summer popstar also incorporated ‘strength, conditioning, and weights.’

Then, three months before the tour, Taylor also began working relentlessly with choreographer Mandy Moore in order to learn the dance moves.  

And, while the program is quite intense, it looks like it’s worked out for both Swift and Snook.

Similarly to Snook, it looks like many of her Succession cast members have now turned to theatre, with Jeremy Strong starring in An Enemy of The People, Brian Cox in A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and Kieran Culkin in Glengarry Glen Ross, just to name a few.

‘It’s quite an amazing coincidence,’ Snook told the outlet about her castmates who have now also turned to the stage.

‘But I think that probably comes down to casting in the first place. Kieran was in This Is Our Youth with Michael Cera before Succession; he’s great onstage,’ Snook continued.

‘I mean, Brian Cox is, you know, a theatre beast. Going back to the theatre is really just a return to what’s fun.’

Snook will be on Broadway until the show closes on June 15.