Succession might be over, but the sibling rivalry dynamic between Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin lives on.
The stars, who portrayed siblings Siobhan Roy and Roman Roy on the feted HBO drama, enjoyed a light moment hearkening back to their characters Sunday at the Critics Choice Awards held in Santa Monica, California at Barker Hangar, as they were seen engaged in horseplay on the red carpet.
At the ceremony, both Snook, 36, and Culkin, 41, emerged victorious in their respective categories: Best Actress in a Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series for their performances as the Roy siblings on the series, which wrapped up this past May after four seasons.
At one point on the red carpet, Culkin was pictured playfully trying to wrestle a Critics Choice trophy away from Snook, hearkening back to a scene from the show’s second episode, titled S*** Show at the F*** Factory.
In that exchange, things between Sioban and Roman got physical in a vacant lecturing hall in a medical facility where their ailing father Logan Roy (Brian Cox) was being treated.
Succession might be over, but the sibling rivalry dynamic between Sarah Snook, 36, and Kieran Culkin, 41, lives on, as the stars enjoyed a light moment Sunday at the Critics Choice Awards, as they were seen engaged in horseplay on the red carpet
Snook, 36, and Culkin, 41, emerged victorious in their respective categories Sunday – Best Actress in a Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series – posing with their awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California
The actors traded pushes and slaps before wrestling on the wall, where they were seen by Siobhan’s overwhelmed partner Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), who was able to make a fast exit before either sibling noticed he was there.
Both Snook and Culkin – who won Golden Globe awards last week for their Succession performances – topped categories loaded with talented performers from hit shows in capturing their victories on Sunday evening.
Snook was nominated against The Morning Show’s Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; Justified: City Primeval star Aunjanue Ellis; The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey and The Diplomat’s Keri Russell.
Culkin faced his Succession costar Jeremy Strong, Justified: City Primeval’s Timothy Olyphant, The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal, Will Trent star Ramón Rodríguez and Loki’s Tom Hiddleston.
The Jesse Armstrong-created series – which also starred Cox, Strong, Macfadyen, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Alexander Skarsgård and J. Smith-Cameron – was also named Best Drama Series at the event.
It had been nominated against fellow HBO-Max shows Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, and The Last of Us; Netflix’s The Crown, and The Diplomat; Paramount+’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, and Disney+’s Loki.
Macfadyen, who won a Golden Globe last week for Succession, had been nominated for a Critics Choice honor Sunday for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, but lost out to The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup.
At one point on the red carpet, Culkin was pictured playfully trying to wrestle a Critics Choice trophy away from Snook
The humorous exchange hearkened back to a scene from the show’s second episode, titled S*** Show at the F*** Factory
The frenetic physical comedy from Culkin cracked up his costar at the upscale event
Snook and Culkin portrayed siblings Siobhan Roy and Roman Roy on the feted HBO drama
In a scene things from the show’s second episode, things between Sioban and Roman got physical in a vacant lecturing hall in a medical facility where their ailing father Logan Roy (Brian Cox) was being treated
The actors traded pushes and slaps before wrestling on the wall
Snook was nominated against The Morning Show’s Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; Justified: City Primeval star Aunjanue Ellis; The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey and The Diplomat’s Keri Russell
Culkin faced his Succession costar Jeremy Strong, Justified: City Primeval’s Timothy Olyphant, The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal, Will Trent star Ramón Rodríguez and Loki’s Tom Hiddleston
In his acceptance speech Sunday, Culkin said he was ‘a little bit thrown’ as he referenced hair growing on the side of his ears
Snook and Culkin each won Critics Choice Sunday for their Succession performances, one week after they won Golden Globe awards
The actors both held their trophies as they posed backstage at the event
In his acceptance speech Sunday, Culkin, the younger brother of Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin, said he was ‘a little bit thrown’ as he referenced hair growing on the side of his ears.
‘I have this hair that grows on the side of my ear – not like an ear hair,’ he said, noting that both Snook and his wife Jazz Charton began plucking multiple hairs from the rims of his ears ahead of him going onstage.
‘They both started taking turns plucking my hair, and it was really painful,’ Culkin said. ‘And now, I’m here talking about it instead of saying what I had prepared to say, which is gone now. And I’m probably out of time.’
In his speech, Culkin credited Succession’s camera crew for their efforts on the prestige TV series.
‘I feel like they’re always underappreciated – it’s the camera department,’ Culkin said. ‘In particular, the cameras operators – I mean, they film the thing. I feel like on our show, they were kind of like lifesavers.’
Next up for the stars are Monday’s 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, for which Succession garnered a leading 27 total nominations.
Among the acting nominations include Snook for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, while Culkin is nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, against both Cox and Strong, among others.
In the category for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Macfadyen faces competition from Succession castmates Braun, Ruck and Skarsgård, among others. Smith-Cameron is the show’s lone nominee for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Succession’s (L-R) Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen, producer Kevin J. Messick, creator Jesse Armstrong, Nicholas Braun and Culkin posed after the show won the Best Drama Series Award
The group was seen beaming as the HBO series has been well-recognized this award season
Culkin and Macfadyen were pictured backstage at the ceremony in Southern California
On Sunday, Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig accepted Best Comedy after host Chelsea Handler demanded on-air moment at the Critics Choice Awards while Paul Giamatti landed a shock win over Cillian Murphy on a night where Emma Stone, Oppenheimer, and Succession all triumphed.
Blockbuster film Barbie – which earned $1.4billion in the worldwide box office last year – won the top honor when it comes to comedy films but it was not scheduled to appear on the broadcast and instead was announced during a vignette before breaking off into commercial.
Chelsea, 48, did not stand for the film not being recognized during the televised portion as she went rogue after a return from break at the event held at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California which featured a star-studded red carpet.
The host announced: ‘Earlier tonight Barbie was awarded best comedy. I’ll go rogue because Greta and Margot deserve to make a speech. Would you mind coming up and accepting the award for Best Comedy.’
Margot, 33, and 40-year-old filmmaker Greta quickly got up and walked up to the stage to accept the crowning achievement with impromptu speeches at the event which honors the finest achievements in both filmmaking and television programming over the year of 2023.
Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig accepted Best Comedy after host Chelsea Handler demanded on-air moment at the Critics Choice Awards while Paul Giamatti landed a shock win over Cillian Murphy on a night where Emma Stone, Oppenheimer, and Succession all triumphed.
The film beat out American Fiction, Bottoms, The Holdovers, No Hard Feelings, and Poor Things.
Perhaps the most shocking moment of the night came when Paul Giamatti beat out favorite Cillian Murphy in the Best Actor category.
Paul, 56, was up for the award for The Holdovers while Cillian, 47, was nominated for blockbuster Oppenheimer as they were up against Bradley Cooper – Maestro, Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon, Colman Domingo – Rustin, and Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction.
In the film The Holdovers he portrays a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.
Meanwhile Emma Stone was also one of the biggest winners of the night as she earned Best Actress for Poor Things.
The 35-year-old actress – who also triumphed at the Golden Globe Awards last week – was in disbelief as she won over a very stacked category which included the likes of Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon, Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Lee – Past Lives, Carey Mulligan – Maestro, Margot Robbie – Barbie.
She recognized each of her competitors individually during the beginning of her acceptance speech as she said: ‘Um, I’ll be honest. I’m in full blown I didn’t have anything that I was going to say because this is completely crazy. This category is ridiculous. Lily, I mean, come on. Margot. What in the Carey. Okay. Greta and Sandra Huller. This doesn’t make any sense.’
Perhaps the most shocking moment of the night came when Paul Giamatti beat out favorite Cillian Murphy in the Best Actor category
Emma Stone shined as she earned Best Actress for Poor Things
In Poor Things she portrays Bella Baxter/Victoria Blessington who is a woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter (played by Willem Dafoe).
Despite Cillian Murphy not winning, Oppenheimer had a massive night as it earned top honor Best Picture and earned the most award of the night with five including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Ensemble.
The night culminated with the blockbuster film beating out heavy competition including: American Fiction, Barbie, The Color Purple, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things, and Saltburn.
Oppenheimer is the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan also won Best Director for the film besting Bradley Cooper – Maestro, Greta Gerwig – Barbie, Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things, Alexander Payne – The Holdovers, and Martin Scorsese, – Killers Of The Flower Moon.
Earlier in the night Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film.
Downey Jr., 51, was recognized for his work in Oppenheimer and beat out heavy competition including: Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction, Robert De Niro – Killers Of The Flower Moon, Ryan Gosling – Barbie, Charles Melton – May December, and Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things.
In Oppenheimer Downey Jr portrays as Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss, a retired Naval officer and high-ranking member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Oppenheimer (left) and Succession were both major winners as they earned Best Picture and Best Drama series, respectively
Oppenheimer had a massive night as it earned top honor Best Picture beating out heavy competition including: American Fiction, Barbie, The Color Purple, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things, and Saltburn
On the television side, Succession was the biggest winner of the night as the highly-popular series earned the top honor Best Drama Series.
The drama triumphed over The Crown (Netflix), The Diplomat (Netflix), The Last Of Us (HBO | Max), Loki (Disney+), The Morning Show (Apple TV+), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+), and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO | Max).
Executive producer and writer Armstrong accepted the honor as he said: ‘We want to say thanks to HBO for their support. Casey and Nora in particular this is the best night I ever had in an aircraft hanger. Thank you very much indeed.’
The series is centered around the Roy family who is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world.
However, their world changes when their father Logan Roy steps down from the company leading to a chain reaction of events, power struggles, and drama ultimately culminating in the death of the patriarch and wonder who is going to take over.
The Critics Choice Awards are bestowed annually to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement.
Historically, they are the most accurate predictor of Academy Award nominations.