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Kieran Culkin Recalls First Professional Gig At 6 Where Director Berated Him To Get Him To Method Act: “What’s Wrong With You?”

Kieran Culkin recalled his inaugural filming experience at age 6 — a commercial where the director clearly didn't know how to work with children.

The Emmy winner, who admittedly has a free-wheeling approach to performing nowadays — eschewing rehearsal, line memorization (often to the chagrin of his co-stars like Brian Cox and Jesse Eisenberg) and marks — said he has “a distinct memory” of the director calling action and launching into berating insults: “‘Dummy. Later on during the podcast episode, Culkin recalled a conversation with longtime manager Emily Gerson Saines when he was around 20 years old, during which he had a “panic” and when she used the term “career” to describe his acting. It was only until halfway through filming the first season of Succession that he reaffirmed his commitment to his craft, Culkin said earlier this year.

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