The hosts reacted in shock to the anecdote while Culkin said he, too, was taken aback by the director’s approach. “I’m thinking like, ‘I get it. I’m six. Stand here and look sad. I’m not f***ing Method. I’m six. What’s wrong with you?’” He said.

Kieran Culkin’s first professional acting gig was A Real Pain, to say the least. On a new episode of Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett’s Smartless podcast, the Succession star was prompted to discuss his inaugural filming experience at age 6 - a commercial helmed by someone who clearly didn’t know how to work

Culkin shared that he had his first acting experience when he was 6 years old for a commercial he couldn’t recall but noted it had “something to do with learning disabilities.” “The concept was, I’m standing in front of a chalkboard with chalk in my hand,