“(I saw) only (giving an Oscar for) the best supporting actor,” Macaulay Culkin confessed. “Only this. Really, really …. I cried. And I thought I would see (with my brother)”.
He also had no doubt that Kieran would win in his category. “Of course. Let’s be serious, I can probably say that” – said Kevin’s star “at home.” (Kieran) Sied in the first row, closest to the stairs. There was no doubt that he would win. ”
Culkin’s competitors in the fight for Oscar were Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Edward Norton (“Completely unknown”), Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”) and Jeremy Strong (“Chosen”). From the beginning he was a favorite in his category. Role in “Real pain” She brought him many other awards earlier, including the Golden Globe and the Critics Choice awards, actors guild, Baft and Independent Spirit.
Kieran debuted on the big screen in “Kevin alone at home”. He played the cousin of the title hero played by his older brother Macaulay. The Oscar winner mentioned “real pain” a few years ago that until the premiere he did not know what the film was talking about.
“Devin Ratray, who played Buzza (older brother Kevin) lied to me and said that he was the main character,” he recalled in an interview with La Times. “I did not know what this film would be about, and yet I appeared in it. I saw it at the premiere and died with laughter. It was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. (…) And then it happened. After all, Mac was on the set all the time. It makes sense that this film is about him.”
Macaulay gave up acting in 1994. He later admitted that fame had a negative impact on his life. Cable He still performed, but he did not hide that his brother’s experience had influenced him. “It was crazy. People sometimes don’t remember it – (Macaulay) was a child at the time. He did not choose fame. It happened to him. And when you are a child, you have no tools to deal with something like that. I think it was a difficult time for him” – he said in 2021 in an interview with “NPR”. “I met it secondly. For me it was not a thing I wanted to strive for. Fame is not a nice matter. Zero anonymity. It’s terrible.”
Kieran was the first success thanks to the performance in the HBO station series “Succession” (2018-2023). He played Roman Roy, the youngest in the sons of the aging media magnate. Soon, children and patriarch’s associates begin to fight for the heirloom after him. “Succession” is considered one of the best and most important series of recent years. Culkin, on the other hand, received Emma and the Golden Globe for his role.