Kieran Culkin Hilariously Rambles Through 2025 SAG Awards Speech: 'I Haven't Said Anything'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kieran Culkinhad a lot to say at the 2025SAG Awards.

The other nominees wereJonathan BaileyforWicked,Yura BorisovforAnora,Edward NortonforA Complete UnknownandJeremy StrongforThe Apprentice.

“There was no reason to take that shot; I love you, it’s a joke. You take your time,” Culkin continued, as Brody, 51, laughed from his seat in the audience. “Lord knows I will, ‘cause I didn’t think of anything.”

Kieran Culkin at the 2025 SAG Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

After hilariously rambling a bit more and saying the award “means a lot” and is “a huge honor,” Culkin joked, “I haven’t said anything” before thanking several people and shouting out the movie’s writer-directorJesse Eisenberg, his wife and kids and more.

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InA Real Pain, Culkin costars with Eisenberg, 41, as polar-opposite cousins who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their grandmother.

Kieran Culkin inA Real Pain(2024).Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Pictures

Culkin, who has received career-best reviews for his dramatic performance inA Real Pain, was nominated for a SAG Award last year for his role as Roman Roy inSuccession.

Bailey, 36, joins a star-studded cast inJon M. Chu’sWicked, appearing alongsideCynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba,Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda, andJeff Goldblumas the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Jonathan Bailey inWicked(2024).Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

So far this awards season, it has picked up nominations at the BAFTAs,Critics Choice Awardsand will soon head to the Academy Awards where it is nominated in 10 categories.

Yura Borisov inAnora(2024).Neon

Neon

Borisov, 32, a classically trained Moscow-born actor, plays henchman Igor, who grows close toAnoraover the course of the film

Baker wrote the role for Borisov after seeing him at theCannes Film Festivalin 2021 in the award-winning filmCompartment No. 6. His breakthrough performance has earned multiple nominations, including for theGolden GlobesandAcademy Awards.

Edward Norton as Pete Seeger inA Complete Unknown(2024).Searchlight Pictures/Youtube

Searchlight Pictures/Youtube

A Complete UnknowndepictsBob Dylanin the 1960s, with Norton’s fellow SAG Award nomineeTimothée Chalametas the singer-songwriter.

Norton, 55, costars as folk legendPete Seeger, withMonica BarbaroasJoan Baez,Elle Fanningas Sylvie Russo and more.

Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump inThe Apprentice(2024).Pief Weyman, Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment, Rich Spirit

Pief Weyman, Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment, Rich Spirit

Strong, 46, stars inThe Apprenticeas attorney Roy Cohn, the real-life mentor ofDonald Trump(Sebastian Stan). The movie follows a young Trump, now 78, during the early days of his career in the ‘70s and ‘80s as he builds his real-estate business in New York City.

Strong was at last year’s Globes as a nominee for the final season of HBO’sSuccession. He won a Globe for that performance in 2022.

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source: people.com