Roman Roy makes all the difference.

Kieran Culkindidnt realize he wanted to be an actor until he was nearly three decades into the job.

I’d been doing it for about 31 years at that point.

Photograph by Peter Kramer/HBO Kieran Culkin HBO Succession Season 1 - Episode 3

Kieran Culkin in ‘Succession’.Peter Kramer/HBO

I went, ‘Fine, f— it.

Culkin starred as Roman Roy in four seasons of the hit HBO series.

The role earned him both a Golden Globe and an Emmy for Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Kieran Culkin home alone

Kieran Culkin.20th Century Studios

And then, when I thought about you in the movie, I purposefully didnt watch anything.

So why did you cast me?

You have an intuition about people, Eisenberg answered.

I had an intuition about you.