How Kieran Culkin Realized He Was Imitating Someone From His Life for His Oscar-Winning Role
Kieran Culkin took inspiration from an unexpected source for his 2025 Oscar-winning role in A Real Pain — even if his wife helped him realize it.
The performer, who won best supporting actor on Sunday, told reporters in the Academy Awards press room that director Jesse Eisenberg’s script was so tight that he felt he didn’t even want to rehearse his scenes.
“It felt different,” Culkin said. “It just felt like it was the first time I ever read something and went, ‘I fully understand this guy. I don’t even want to read it again.'”
The Succession alum went on to explain that he appreciated this “fun new approach,” as he felt the dialogue was flowing out of him.
Jazz Charton and Kieran Culkin at the Oscars.
“It felt like I knew who this guy was, but I couldn’t identify it,” Culkin said. “I didn’t want to analyze it because,...
The performer, who won best supporting actor on Sunday, told reporters in the Academy Awards press room that director Jesse Eisenberg’s script was so tight that he felt he didn’t even want to rehearse his scenes.
“It felt different,” Culkin said. “It just felt like it was the first time I ever read something and went, ‘I fully understand this guy. I don’t even want to read it again.'”
The Succession alum went on to explain that he appreciated this “fun new approach,” as he felt the dialogue was flowing out of him.
Jazz Charton and Kieran Culkin at the Oscars.
“It felt like I knew who this guy was, but I couldn’t identify it,” Culkin said. “I didn’t want to analyze it because,...
- 3/3/2025
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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