"I'm 6. What's wrong with you?": Kieran Culkin says director called him "dummy" at first acting job
Salon"Succession" star Kieran Culkin may be having a buzzy year for his role in Jesse Eisenberg's "A Real Pain" but his career didn't start at the top. The former child actor recalled on the "Smartless" podcast how his first acting job turned into a disaster. The now 42-year-old actor told Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett that the “first professional experience I had was a commercial when I was 6.” He didn't quite remember what it was for but it had “something to do with learning disabilities.” “The concept was I'm standing in front of a chalkboard with chalk in my hand, and I don't know how to solve the easy thing in front of me,” he recalled. His 36-year career spans movies like "Home Alone" and its sequel "Home Alone 2" both starring his older brother Macaulay Culkin.
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