EntertainmentKieran Culkin says he felt sorry for his brother Macaulay Culkin when he was a child actor; Understand Succession star Kieran Culkin recalled that Macaulay Culkin’s fame affected their family today at 10:11

In addition to interpreting Roman Roy in the acclaimed series Succession, Kieran Culkin is the brother of an actor who was very successful as a child: Macaulay Culkin. Now, Kieran revealed how sorry he was for all the fame that Macaulay had to endure even in childhood.

During an interview with Esquire, the artist commented on how the impact of his brother’s fame affected the whole family. “Poor guy. He was little and had to try to accept that level of fame as a reality. Even back then, as a kid, I remember thinking, ‘This sucks for him,'” he said.

Why Joe Pesci Avoided Macaulay Culkin On The Set Of They forgot me

the chemistry between Macaulay Culkin It is Joe Pesciin the first two films of the franchise They forgot me(1990) is indisputable. fish It is Daniel Stern interpreted respectively harry It is Marv, a pair of thieves who wanted to rob the house of Kevin McCallister (character of Culkin), but he couldn’t because the boy always interfered with the criminals’ plans.

Interestingly, a decision made by Joe behind the scenes – especially for the first feature – helped a lot to arrive at the final result. In conversation with the magazine Peoplethe actor of Goodfellas (1990) and the saga Deadly machine (1987) said that he intentionally avoided any contact or approach with Macaulay when the two weren’t filming.

I remember of Macaulay like a very sweet kid and, even at his age, very professional. I intentionally limited my interactions with him to preserve the dynamic between his character Kevin and my character Harry.

The reason? The professional wanted to maintain a hostile relationship in front of the cameras – something that could be disturbed if the two became very friendly.

I didn’t want it to appear on screen that we were somehow friendly with each other. I wanted to maintain the integrity of the adversarial relationship.

It worked so well that the first film in the saga They forgot me to this day it is cited as one of the greatest Christmas classics and one of the greatest works of comedy of all time. The feature grossed almost US$ 500 million at the box office, against a budget of US$ 18 million, thus becoming the highest-grossing comedy production in history until 2011, when If You Drink Don’t Marry 2 (2011) broke its record.