Let’s hear it for the Roys!
Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Robust, who performed on-screen brothers for 4 seasons on “Succession,” each scored Oscar nods within the Greatest Supporting Actor class on Thursday.
Culkin, 42, is nominated for his position as cousin Benji in Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” whereas Robust, 46, earned his after portraying Roy Cohn within the polarizing Donald Trump biopic, “The Apprentice.”
Different actors of their class are Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”) and Man Pearce (“The Brutalist”).
“This morning’s nomination is indescribably meaningful to me,” Robust mentioned in a press release after the information.
“This film has been an uphill battle every step of the way and faced inestimable resistance on every front. It feels absolutely miraculous to me that both Sebastian and I were recognized. Roy Cohn’s long, dark shadow was hanging over the Capitol Rotunda on Monday and his legacy of aggression, misinformation and untruth is now a Kingdom Come,” he continued. “This is a harrowing and courageous film that explores how we got to where we are today and was the role of a lifetime.”
Taking a second to acknowledge that this accolade was “a realization of a lifelong dream,” Robust mirrored on being exterior of an Oscars ceremony as a teen.
“I remember spending the night on cold metal bleachers outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1993 with my father to watch the actors and actresses arrive at the 65th Academy Awards,” he mused. “I remember being unable to sleep because of how exciting it was to be close to that world. I have not lost that feeling of excitement; I feel it every time I go to set or drive onto a lot or begin rehearsals.”
Robust added, “I have devoted my life to the attempt to do genuine work that would be worthy of this honor. I am filled with amazement and flooded with emotion and with deep gratitude to my peers in the Academy.”
Culkin, in the meantime, beforehand opened as much as Leisure Weekly about what drew him to “A Real Pain,” which follows a pair of just lately reunited cousins (Eisenberg and Culkin) as they embark on a visit to go to their late grandmother’s former house in Poland.
“It’s very rare that I read something and I go, ‘Oh, I fully understand who this person is. I have no questions, and I don’t want to talk about it,’” he informed the outlet in September. “I feel like I didn’t make the connection until after we each shot the movie, but it was like, I know somebody exactly like this, that I’m very close with. I read it and went, ‘Oh, I know how to do that.’”
Through the years, Robust has spoken out about being a technique actor, sharing he depicts actual folks by attending to “absorb and learn everything and study them endlessly.”
“When I look at the kind of transformational work based on historical characters that I feel inspired by,” the actor informed Deadline in January. “From Ben Kingsley in ‘Gandhi,’ or Phil Hoffman in ‘Capote’ or what I witnessed Daniel Day-Lewis do in ‘Lincoln,’ it’s about transcending impersonation and finding the essence in a deep, serious way.”
However his on-screen brother couldn’t disagree extra.
In December, Culkin mentioned throughout Selection “Actors on Actors” that he “object[s] when actors call themselves ‘storytellers.’”
“I don’t really like that,” he mentioned, earlier than calling out Robust. “Sorry, Jeremy.”
Robust clapped again in his interview with Deadline, stating, “Lately, people have felt a need to take shots at me or say disparaging things, which I don’t really think there’s any need for. The way I approach things, my process. I feel we’re storytellers.”
That is Culkin and Robust’s first Oscar nods. Culkin, who kickstarted his profession as a baby star in “Home Alone” alongside his brother Macaulay Culkin, beforehand received an Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards: one for “Succession” and one for “A Real Pain.”
Robust, for his half, additionally received an Emmy and a Golden Globe for “Succession.”
