‘Succession’ star Kieran Culkin says he disagrees with creator’s interpretation of Roman’s ending
nme.comThis article contains major spoilers for the ‘Succession’ finale.Succession star Kieran Culkin says he disagrees with creator Jesse Armstrong’s interpretation of how Roman Roy feels at the show’s end.The lauded HBO show’s dramatic finale aired last month (May 28), with Culkin’s character Roman and his brother Kendall (Jeremy Strong) betrayed by sister Shiv (Sarah Snook), who backtracked on her pact with her brothers and cast the deciding vote to sell Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) GoJo company.After the finale, Armstrong shared his thoughts on the characters’ headspace after the events of the finale, saying: “In a reductive, brutal way, Roman ends up exactly where he started.
He is that guy still. And he maybe easily could have been a playboy jerk with some slightly nasty instincts, and some quite funny jokes.“He could’ve stayed in a bar, being that guy.
And this has been a bit of a detour in his life, I would say.”In a new interview with Variety, Culkin said he has a different interpretation of where Roman ends up.“[Armstrong] has said that he thinks it’s more of like, ‘Roman has gone back to where he was at the beginning.
What’s really sad about that was all of this was for nothing. It’s been a waste of his time. Like, what’s the point? What did he learn?
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