Kieran Culkin reveals: terrible shoot as a child in commercial!

Kieran Culkin, the talented actor, known from "Kevin - alone at home" and "succession", looks back on a shocking experience from his childhood. In a current podcast entitled "Smartless", the 42-year-old described how he was confronted with insulting words from the director as a six-year-old actor during a commercial for "learning disabilities". The young Culkin was supposed to play a child who fails on a blackboard, and during the filming he was not only insulted as "stupid" by his fellow actors, but also attacked the director himself with hurtful expressions such as "fool" and "idiot". This left him confused at the time and he asked himself what was wrong with the director, as Volksblatt reported.

born on September 30, 1982 in New York City, Culkin almost brought acting into his cradle. He is the brother of the famous Macaulay Culkin and grew up with five siblings in the artist household, where his father worked as a Broadway actor and also wrote the children to act. Although his career began with films such as "Home Alone" at a young age and his acting skills were consolidated with roles in productions such as "Igby Goes Down", he convinced in particular with his presentation of the Roman Roy in the HBO series "Succession". He received several nominations for this role, including a Golden Globe, which he actually won in 2024, so Britannica .

career and personal challenges

Despite his successes, Culkin's path was anything but easy. The divorce of his parents in 1995 led to a tough custody dispute, which extended over two years. During this turbulent time, he experienced that his siblings were different in the acting industry, with Macaulay being considered one of the most famous children's stars. Despite the difficulties with his father, who were described by his brother Macaulay as physically and mentally stressful, Kieran Culkin found his voice in the acting world and shone in his later projects, including at the Broadway premiere 2014 in "This is Our Youth".