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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: Kieran Culkin is a revelation as Roman on Succession, the

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Speaker 2: Roy sibling who has trouble communicating without relying on his

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Speaker 2: razor sharp snark and wit. He couldn't be more different

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Speaker 2: than cousin Greg, who relies on a less honed sentimental tools.

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Speaker 2: But Kieran confirmed to Variety when producers first reached out

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Speaker 2: to him about the show, it was to play Greg,

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Speaker 2: not Roman, saying they sent me a script to read

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Speaker 2: for Greg, and I knew I wasn't Greg. I read

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Speaker 2: the first element and knew that's just not me. What's

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Speaker 2: fun about that is I thought the writing was good enough.

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Speaker 2: Ten pages in, I just kept reading, which I don't

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Speaker 2: normally do. Then the character Roman walks in and his

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Speaker 2: first line is a crude slur, and I thought he's

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Speaker 2: fun and kept reading. So I asked, I'm wrong for Greg,

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Speaker 2: so that's a past, but can I read for Roman?

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Speaker 2: They said they're not reading for Roman yet, and I said,

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Speaker 2: can I do it anyway? His agent encouraged him to

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Speaker 2: be aggressive, so Kieren picked three scenes himself, shot his

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Speaker 2: own audition, and got the role Succession on HBO Max

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Speaker 1: Dreaman that's direct from Hollywood,