Succession stars J. Smith-Cameron and Kieran Culkin's budding friendship is just as iconic off-screen as in the hit series.
On a Wednesday episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Smith-Cameron, 66, revealed hilarious insight into her relationship with the "little slime puppy" Kieran, 41.
For four seasons, the Emmy Award-winning HBO drama Succession dominated late-night television. The show won Primetime Emmys back-to-back in 2020, 2022, and 2024 for Outstanding Drama Series. Jesse Armstrong took home multiple Emmys for Outstanding Writing in 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023.
But the show's compelling premise and brilliant script would only work with actors like Smith-Cameron and Culkin.
Smith-Cameron earned Outstanding Supporting Actor Emmy nominations in 2022 and 2023 for her role as Gerri Kellman, the General Counsel of the series' media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo.
Culkin earned Outstanding Supporting Actor nominations in 2020 and 2022 and won in 2023 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He portrayed Roman Roy, the immature middle child of the Waystar RoyCo media empire.
If you watched the show religiously, like me, you'd agree no will-they-won't-they relationship holds a candle to the playful sexual tension between Gerri and Roman.
Smith-Cameron explained on Late Night, "The writers were so collaborative with us; they would take hints from how we behaved on set and then write toward that."
The In the Know star revealed that Culkin might've channeled his mischievous character a bit too much at an evening dinner with the cast once upon a time. When Seth revealed a hilarious photo of the pair, Smith-Cameron explained, "That was one evening after a table read, and we all went to dinner. He was just riding me the whole time, like being horrid."
She added, "Like, if I couldn't hear something that everyone was laughing about at the other end of the table, and I'd be like, 'What'd he say? What'd he say?' [and] he'd be like, 'Oh, I'm sorry, dear. Did you forget your hearing aids?'"
"Or, like, if I yawned, he'd be like, 'Is it past your bedtime? That's so terrible.'"
"So, you know, at one point, I just threw my martini at him," she said before jokingly adding, "He was asking for it!"
...I think it's safe to say this pair's chemistry is hilarious, and I can't wait to see them reunited on screen.
