“Follow-up”: J Smith-Cameron talks about the moment the writers discovered between her and Kieran Culkin

J Smith-Cameron revealed how their sizzling chemistry works in real life successor Co-star Kieran Culkin was spotted by show executives and transformed on screen into something that was… more convincing.

The dynamic—one part maternal, three parts erotic—between Smith-Cameron and Culkin as Gerri, Waystar Royce’s general counsel, and Roman, tycoon Logan Roy’s quirky third son, respectively, captured viewers’ imaginations as the show neared its finale. embrace

Smith Cameron tells The stops in London that because of their longtime friendship with Culkin, they enjoyed improvising off-set while filming season two and making martinis together.

“We had a short conversation about how you can’t get a good martini in England unless you’re in London,” Smith-Cameron said. Then: “I left and he looked at me, and then I looked at him again. We missed each other.” And it was that look that was received by the writers.

The following season, Smith-Cameron revealed that director Mark Myold told her to approach Culkin during a scene. From there it was a short drive to the now infamous “behind the door” scene between the two actors.

Smith Cameron tells The times She was happy when her character gave a boost to the snapshot of women of all ages.

“There is that ancient, terrible wound of a woman who is only valuable when she is at her most fertile and beautiful and controllable… She breaks a false rule of nature.”

In the same interview, Smith-Cameron laughed off the idea that by the age of 65 she had become a sex symbol for many.

“The British have always done it [had this]said Smith Cameron. “I mean, Helen Mirren is the definition of that. And Charlotte Rampling, right? You opened the way.”

But Mirren had a big part in the change [attitudes in Hollywood] and I think Gerri has done her part to change that too.

Follow-up continues on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK.