While his “inheritance” character Roman Roy may not have ended up at the top of the end of the HBO series, Kieran Culkin have proven a winner tonight after receiving Oscar for best actors on The 97th Academy Awards.
Culkin’s first nomination and win comes for his performance in Jesse Eisenbergs ”A real pain“Who contains the two actors as cousins who withdraw their roots and rediscover personal complaints when they are on a group trip to Poland. The actor takes home the award over other nominees and former “succession” co -star Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”), as well as Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”) and Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”).
In his speech, when he received the highest award of his industry, Culkin said: “I have just acted all my life. It’s only been a part of what I do, so this is … I felt this was never my course. ”
This came after Culkin praised his former “Success” co-star Strong for his performance as Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice”, but at one time interrupted his sound, a result of the actor releasing an F-bomb in excitement. Later in his speech, after making his appreciation to Jesse Eisenberg for giving him this role, Culkin thanked his wife Jazz and reminded her of a promise she made to give him two more children and brought their litter up to four, if he were to ever win an Oscar.
“She said,“ I will give you four when you win an Oscar. “She shook it, and I haven’t raised it once until right now,” said Culkin. “You remember it, honey? You are doing? Ok. Then I just have this to tell you, jazz, love in my life, you of little faith. No pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did it again.
After its world premiere on Sundance 2024, “a real pain” was hailed as The best movie of the party That year, with Indieview’s review Describes Culkin’s appearance as “the heart and soul of the film.” The film Screenad at several festivals throughout the year, including AFI, BFI, NyFF and Telluride, construction speed for Culkins ultimate Oscar Campaign and Eisenberg’s campaign for best original script. When he described how he thought of Culkin’s character, Benji – a mentally ill but enthusiastic personality that cannot stay back or move forward – Eisenberg told IndieWire During an interview back in October 2024 as as personal as he can be, there is much during that energy for people to find pity and sadness in.
“He is linked to his own pain, and even though his pain is worse than mine, he is at least founded in it. He lives in the earth, and it is as if there is something so jealous about it, especially if you are a character like David, who only spends 24 hours a day just showing up and looks normal, ”Eisenberg said. “And then to see someone who not only looks normal but can command a group of 10 minutes, who can become friends with someone in 30 seconds, make people fall in love with him, so as not to care if someone hates him. It is an envious thing, but the conflict in the film is that Benji is worse in so many objective ways. And so David’s envy is misplaced. “
Eisenberg also admitted in former IndieWire chats that he had not really seen much of Culkin’s work – really just Culkin’s little part in Kenneth Lonergan’s “Margaret” – But that his sister, former child actress Hallie Eisenberg, believed that the “succession” star was the only one for the job. As delighted as Culkin was by Eisenberg and his work, after coming from four seasons of a hit show that demanded his presence at several premieres and awards, the actor was ready for a little downtime. Culkin admitted that he was trying to get out of “a real pain” many times.
“I thought, I will read the script for the third time, and maybe I’ll find some deficiency in it,” Culkin told IndieWire at Sundance 2024“Something that makes me go,” Oh this is not worth my time. “And I read the whole thing, and the third time in a row, I laugh out loud over the script and go,” Dammit, I feel I need to do this. “I said to my wife, and she goes:” We will come to Poland or not? “And I’m like,” I think we’re baby, I’m sorry. ”
Culkin also received pressure from the film’s producer, former girlfriend and long friend Emma Stone, who made him realize that without him the whole production could not be able to move forward. Thankfully, Culkin stopped with the project and should be glad he did it, as it has now made him an official Oscar winner.
