One of the most popular (and painfully unresolved) storylines on “Succession” was Roman Roy and Gerri Kellman’s tendency to mix business mentorship and Machiavellian scheming with kinky, degrading phone sex.
The uneasy partnership between Kieran Culkin’s traumatized nepo baby and J.
Smith-Cameron’s hyper-competent general counsel was the subject of endless speculation during the show’s run — and the actors still aren’t quite sure what happened.In a new conversation with Claire Danes as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, Culkin was asked about the ever-confusing relationship between Roman and Gerri.
As it turns out, he was just as confused as the rest of us while they were filming.“I never did,” Culkin said when asked if he figured out what was going on between Roman and Gerri.
“But I knew that it made sense.
Something in my belly said, ‘Yeah.
This is working.
I…
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