Kieran Culkin Reveals He Was Originally Tapped to Play a Different Role in 'Succession'

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Kieran Culkin is almost had a completely different role in Succession! In an interview on The Tonight Show on Friday (November 5), the 39-year-old actor told host Jimmy Fallon that he was originally supposed to star as a different character on the hit HBO series. Click inside to find out which character… Kieran said that he was initially supposed to read for Nicholas Braun‘s role of cousin Greg, which he says he “just didn’t feel right for.” “They asked me to read for Greg and I knew I was wrong, and normally in any other script, I would be like, ‘Okay I’m not right for the part I’m going to close it.

I’m not going to continue reading on.’ But I just kind of liked the script so I read on and I was like, ‘Oh, there’s this guy.’” he