Gerri-Roman phone sex took J. Smith Cameron by surprise in ‘Succession’: “I didn’t believe him”
nme.comSuccession, has said she “did not believe” that her character’s phone sex relationship with Roman Roy was real at first.The hit HBO black comedy ran for a total of four seasons between 2018 and 2023, telling the story of the Roy family, the powerful owners of a global media company, and their internal fight for control of their empire amid the ailing health of the family patriarch Logan, played by Brian Cox.Smith-Cameron played Gerri Kellman in all four seasons, the general counsel to the Roy family who becomes a mentor figure to Roman Roy, one of Logan’s sons played by Kieran Culkin.
The two characters also share an unlikely sexual relationship, involving elaborate roleplay and phone sex conversations.In a new interview with The Guardian, Smith-Cameron has revealed that she was very surprised to learn about this aspect of her character.Explaining how the idea for it came about, she said: “[Culkin and I] were in a bar, and we had this little exchange, and then I left – and apparently Kieran kind of looked back at me, and then just as he turned around, I looked back at him.
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