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Kieran Culkin didnโt expect โSuccessionโ to end after its fourth season.
The 40-year-old actor has starred as Roman Roy on the hit HBO series that focuses on an American media dynasty and even though creator Jesse Armstrong recently announced that the showโs next outing will be its last, Kieran always thought it would wrap after a total of five seasons.
He told Interview magazine: โI knew this wasnโt the kind of show that could keep going and going. I always thought five seasons. It was just a number I had in my head. I remember, towards the end of season three, going, โIโm worried weโre going to enter a territory where weโre becoming Succession-y.โโThen when season four happened, the first two episodes, I remember reading scripts and thinking, โOkay, this feels a little Succession-y. Itโs very good, but Iโm a little worried about it.โโAnd then from three on, this season is very, very different, which is exciting, but makes me feel like, โCouldnโt there be a five, now that the show is kind of different?โ I want to see what else happens. And there very well could be. Jesse knows that.โ
Meanwhile, Kieran โ who has Kinsey Sioux, three, and son Wilder Wolf, 21 months with his wife Jazz Charlotte โ is due to start working on โA Real Painโ in Poland and explained he tried to get out of it initially because of what it would mean for his family.
He added: โThe reason I wanted to get out of it is I have a one-year-old and a three-and-a-half-year-old, and weโre going to be bouncing around Poland. I donโt like being away from them for more than two days at a time, and itโs not practical for me to have them there the whole time. Iโm working on trying to convince my wife to come out for two weeks and bring the kids. Itโs just a lot on her. We do have a nanny here, but she canโt travel with us. So sheโs doing that all herself, and she really earns her half of what it is I do for a living. Except sometimes that can be like, โLook, thereโs a nice paycheck here, so letโs work really hard.โ And sometimes, like this, Iโm like, โThis is for me, I want to do it, and you get nothing out of this except hard work.โ. Itโs a hard sell.โ