From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Kieran Culkin has found a defining role playing Roman Roy, the snarkiest of the siblings on HBO's succession.

Now in its third season, the show and his performance have won acclaim, though Culkin hasn't exactly Googled to find out just how much.

I have, like, no presence on the internet, so I don't really know what the reaction is.

I can tell you that, like, the fact that I was asked to host Saturday Night Live was a pretty

good indicator that I guess people are watching the show.

So that's something.

Culkin tells us about acting from an early age, facing his fears while fulfilling a dream as host of Saturday Night Live,

and how he sometimes finds it hard to turn off that very edgy Roman Roy persona.

But first we banter.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter.

Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So, vaccines.

Obviously, the president of the United States wants people to get them.

So does Hollywood.

And it is turning into a thing.

The studios are pretty much mandating vaccines for reasons that are not that hard to discern. Miles Teller, unvaccinated, shut down the production of the offer, the Godfather series. That cost about six million bucks. People got sick. And that's expensive. But he is not the only person causing problems. This guy, Ingu Radamacher, he was on General Hospital, won't get vaccinated. And of course, Ice Cube walked away from a $9 million payday in a movie appropriately titled, Oh, Hell No, because he said hell no to the vaccine. But the studios are prepared to do without talent because obviously the downside for unvaccinated people is increased given the chance that people will get sick.

Yeah, I mean, there's a de facto vaccine mandate in Hollywood right now. I mean, there are exceptions,

obviously, you know, religious. And I think in some instances, they are making exceptions for returning characters on ongoing shows.

But for the most part, anyone in Zone A, which is the zone of people on a set that are in and among the actors, those people have to be vaccinated.

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