-Nicholas, thank you for being here on the show.
I appreciate it. -Great to be here.
This is so exciting, man.
-No -- It is. I am -- -I've been a fan for so long.
So this is -- Yeah, this is awesome.
-We've actually -- We've met before once.
Do you remember that? -Yeah, I do. I do. Um...
Kind of a weird dinner, right? Kind of a weird crew.
-It was a little odd, right? -Yeah, it was a little odd.
-What was that again? -It was very intimate.
It was, like, Senator John Kerry
and some, like, bank CEOs, Goldman Sachs backing CEO.
-Sounds like my crowd I roll with.
-Yeah, me too. Yeah.
Big financial kind of contingent.
-Yeah. -We were all solo.
It was -- Nobody had a plus one.
So it was kind of like a meet-and-greet.
-Seems like "Squid Game."
-[ Laughter ] -What was it?
-I don't know. -Yeah, it was odd.
-Yeah. We were at opposite ends of the table.
And I was like, "I got to talk to Jimmy, but I don't know how."
'Cause do I ask, like,
you know, Gayle King to stand up
so that I can move her and sit next to you?
-Yeah. Gayle King was there, as well.
-Yeah, Gayle -- Arianna Huffington.
We're just going to name drop -- We're just going to drop names.
-Was J.J. Watt there? -J.J. Watt was there. Exactly.
-What's your small talk?
What's your go-to when we're at these dinners?
-You know, banks. Banks are --
-That's not true. -Banks are big, you know?
-I know, but we weren't talking about banks, were we?
-No, no. I guess - -I have no idea about banks.
-I don't know -- Yeah. I have a Bank of America account.
-You can't point to the crowd like they're going to clap.
You think that they're going to clap?
"Hey, well, I do have an ATM card.
What's up? You guys know what I'm talking about?
No big deal." -[ Cheers and applause ]
-"Citibank, boo!" -Oh, my God.
-"Bank of America, yeah!"
-Oh, my -- That is ridiculous. -Banks are sick.
-Anyways, I'm glad you're finally on the show.
-Me too. -You look sharp, buddy.
I want to talk about "Succession."
You -- Cousin Greg, just --
I mean, honestly every scene that you're in, you steal.
You don't have to react to that.
You already have one Emmy nomination under your belt.
-That's really nice. Thank you.
-And I'm sure you're gonna have much more.
Do people try to hit you up for spoilers?
Not like I'm doing that tonight, but...
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. People want spoilers.
-Yeah. Not me. -You're good?
-If you feel like telling me something...
I mean, is it about banking or whatever?
Whatever you feel like telling me, I'm down.
I mean, who is the most famous person
that tried to hit you up for spoilers?
-You know, I -- Bradley Cooper.
-What? -Bradley Cooper...
-Yeah. -...is a big "Succession" fan.
And I didn't know it. I was invited to his house.
Jeremy Strong and him have become buddies.
And, so, I was invited over to watch some football.
Not a big football guy, but I was like,
"This is awesome. I love Bradley Cooper."
Huge, like, idol of mine.
And so I went over, and he has so many theories.
He was like, "What -- Like, when Shiv,
like, looked this way, what did that mean?
Like, I think it meant this or that."
-And he's a charmer, Bradley Cooper.
-Absolutely.
-So I would just tell him everything.
-Yeah. He's --
-I'd say, "Here's the ending, dude.
Leave me alone, man." -Totally.
-"Get that icy stare away from me, yeah."
-He's so handsome. -He's a handsome dude. Yeah.
-He gets really close when he talks to you, too, right?
-Yeah -- No. Does he get close to you?
He got close to you?
-Yeah, yeah. I got close, too, and...
-Yeah, but I didn't -- -We were both moving closer.
-Questlove said that -- Questlove has a theory.
He said, "I'm calling it now.
"Cousin Greg is opps. It's a sting all along."
He thinks that you're an agent.
[ Audience murmurs ]
-Like a narc? -Oh, yeah.
-Like an inside man?
-Absolutely.
-For the government?
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-There you go. -Could be right.
Could be right. Could be right.
-That could be right? -That could be.
It could be. -I know I'm right.
I'm calling it. Season six.
-I'm not nodding yes or no.
-We're going to play this interview back after season six,
and we'll see how -- Yeah.
-I can't tell what I revealed just now.
Did I reveal -- Yeah.
-But this is what a great actor he is.
He knows exactly who he is
and he's acting like he doesn't even know who he is.
Nicholas Braun! I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Nicholas Braun in "Succession."
He's great. Watch this.
-It's not my preferred choice. -Or mine.
I -- I thought, you know, you said you'd never burn me.
-I said I'd try not to burn you. -Well, no.
You said -- On the plane, you said --
-Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Let's not "he said, she said."
There's a lot of [bleep] said.
Look. I'm still not saying I will burn you.
All I'm saying is I might burn you.
It's a margin call.
-And just how bad will the burning be?
I mean, even as I ask that, I can tell it's not gonna be...
-Ha! Nicholas Braun, everybody!
"Succession" airs Sundays at 9:00 p.m. on HBO.