Actor Kieran Culkin shares a funny anecdote about his first professional acting experience, a commercial at the age of six, where the director's Method acting techniques crossed a line.
Kieran Culkin says director got too Method and called him 'idiot' on his first acting job: 'I'm 6'Jessica is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she covers TV, movies, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in Bustle, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and more. She lives in California with her dog.that he was just a kid at the time, and that the unnamed director called him an"idiot" to try to elicit a particular reaction from him.
"The first professional experience I had was a commercial when I was 6, and I actually don't quite know what it was for, but it was for something to do with learning disabilities," Culkin said. "I remember the concept was I'm standing in front of a chalkboard with chalk in my hand and I don't know how to solve the easy thing in front of me. The kids in the class are supposed to be calling me 'dummy' and 'stupid' and all that.
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