-Since the last time you've been here, I just want to tell you,
you were fantastic on "Saturday Night Live."
-Thank you. -You were a...
[ Cheers and applause ] ...unbelievable host.
I loved every sketch, everything you did.
I go -- Man, you crushed it. -Thanks, man.
That was a dream come true. -Yeah.
Were you nervous at all doing it?
-I mean, I would say yes except you're just too busy.
You get rushed from one thing -- I mean, you know.
I just didn't know.
They're suddenly saying my name and I'm walking out
and was like, "Oh, this isn't rehearsal.
We're actually -- This is live. We're doing it."
-Live television.
Yeah, they don't do live TV anymore, yeah.
But then they called you back.
-I guess they were gonna do a "Father of the Bride."
-You were in "Father of the Bride."
Here you are.
[ Audience awws ]
-Oh! He was once 9.
-That's you. -Yep.
-And that's Steve Martin. -Yeah.
-And then so they did the sketch,
a "Father of the Bride" kind of reunion
with Martin Short and Steve.
And here you are. You showed up. It killed.
In the same outfit. -Yeah.
They did pretty well. Yeah.
-That's pretty good.
-That's what Matty Banks would look like
about 30 years in the future.
Yeah, that's right. -Yeah.
What was it like to reunite with Marty and Steve?
-That was fantastic.
I didn't think
they were actually gonna go through with it
when they said, "Are you available tomorrow to do --"
Tomorrow. It was like getting the call like,
"Would you show up to 'SNL' and be Matty Banks?"
Yeah, sure. It'll happen. -Yeah, why not, though, right?
-It was great.
I always thought there could be a sequel.
There could be "Father of the Bride 3"
or just one sketch on "SNL."
Beautifully done.
-When you did "Father of the Bride,"
"Home Alone" had just come out.
And I'm assuming --
Were you and your brothers always confused for each other?
-Often, yeah. It still happens.
I get confused for Rory a lot.
The one that kind of blew my mind,
when I was about that age, I got out of a car at an airport,
and a woman ran up to me.
She noticed me right away,
or thought she recognized me right away,
and ran up and said, "Are you Macluckly Macluckly?"
[ Laughter ]
And I had the presence of mind to go, "No, nobody is."
-Yeah, that's not a human being's name.
-That is not somebody's name. -Yeah.
-It just isn't. -But to this day,
do people go up and they mistake you?
-Often, yeah, like, "You know, I worked with you on 'Signs.'"
"Oh, yeah, was I a dick? 'Cause that was my brother."
[ Laughter ]
-That's so funny. -It was Rory.
-That was Rory. Yeah, of course.
I want to talk about "Succession"
because, man, you crush it on this show.
-Oh, thanks. -This is the beginning...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...of the fourth and final season.
It starts on Sunday.
Are you gonna miss playing Roman?
-I think so. It hasn't hit me,
'cause we only finished like three weeks ago shooting.
I just have not processed it.
I'm pretty sure, yeah -- what's the thing --
depression, that'll hit.
-Yeah, that will come in soon.
A lot of fans of yours think that Roman
doesn't understand chairs and how they work,
because every time you're sitting,
it's always the oddest position I've ever seen.
-Yeah. That's one of the most --
-This is one. Here's another one.
-Yeah, yeah. Alright.
-And then here's a third one here of you on top of the --
-Nice face, by the way. Yeah.
-You just don't normally sit in a chair.
-Yeah, there's a lot of upside down.
I didn't notice that until after like the second season
people started pointing that out.
And a lot of people, including my wife,
thought that that was, like, something I was told --
It was either in the writing or the director said,
"Can you go upside down on a chair or something?"
-"Can you just like crouch in the corner on a chair?"
-Yeah, I've been told that it's weird.
I didn't even notice I was doing it,
and then I tried to forget that I heard that
'cause I don't want to stop sitting weird.
I've already established that he does that now.
I got to keep it up. -Yeah, now you got to do it.
I guess, yeah. Give the people what they want.
Last time we talked, you came on the show,
I think you were supposed to audition
for Nicholas Braun's role, cousin Greg,
but then I heard -- is this true --
that Jeremy Strong was originally cast to be Roman?
-I think that's when he -- he had picked to be Roman.
That's what I heard.
Like, he was given the script first
and said he wanted to play Roman.
I was given it to read for cousin Greg,
and I didn't feel I was right for it,
so I just sent in a tape without asking for Roman, so...
-So Jeremy goes, "I'm gonna -- I don't want to be Roman."
-I don't know. I know that he wanted to be initially.
But I can't, like, picture it.
I can't picture being Greg and him being Roman.
What a very odd -- -Yeah.
But it would be odd Roman. Yeah, you guys are perfect.
The way it is right now is the perfect cast.
-Yeah. -And it's --
Dude, everybody is fantastic, including you.
-Oh, thanks. -Yeah.
-Including me, wow. -Yeah, including you.
We can add applause in post.
We have 10 episodes left.
What can we expect for the final season?
Oh, my goodness. -Oh, yeah.
You can expect 10 episodes of the fourth and final season.
I don't know what else to say.
-You really -- Yeah, you can't spoil anything.
-I can't and I wouldn't want to, I feel like,
'cause I saw Brian was on your show
I think yesterday or the day before.
-He was so funny, by the way. -He's hilarious.
Like, what the heck.
And, yeah, he said he thinks
that each season got better than the last,
and I would agree with that.
-He said kind of to me, he goes --
I go, "Do you think it's gonna be the final season?"
He goes, "I don't really feel like --
I think we could've gone more."
'Cause it almost feels like when a show gets popular,
now is when you get re-upped for another three seasons
and you go -- -Oh, yeah.
I mean, it could've gone more. And I feel like --
And the way that we end,
it feels sort of like there still could be more,
but I think it's also a satisfying end.
It's nice. I don't know.
It's like if the options were go out a high
when there could be more or stay at the party a little too long,
I'd rather take the former, so...
-Yeah, yeah, so you left the party at the right time.
-I guess so. Well, you never know.
If there was a five, that could've been great.
I'm saying, Jesse, write a fifth season.
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
It's so good. It's so clever.
It's so well-acted. It's so funny.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Kieran Culkin in "Succession."
Take a look.
-So my question was, uh, would you consider giving him a call?
-Would we consider at least a call?
-Uh...was he apologizing?
-Did -- I mean, did he ask?
-Um, did he ask?
-Uh, he -- I just --
I know that he would love to hear from you.
-I mean, if he were to call, then we would see.
-Yeah, I think it's just gonna be a lot to get him to call,
just knowing him.
-Yeah, I mean, I think we know him pretty well, actually.
I mean, we've never licked his big omelet nipples, but --
-I could get him to text a request for a call.
-Text?
I'm afraid we're gonna need to hear that voice.
Okay, you can pop it back in your mouth now.
We're getting on the plane. Thanks. Bye.
-Come on. Kieran Culkin, everybody.
The fourth and final season of "Succession"
premieres on HBO this Sunday.