“I wasn't sure how I was coming across the first season,” Braun, 31, says midway through the Nathan’s hotdog that he’s been intent on procuring since we entered the park. The exact measurement has been in dispute for years. "Succession" actor Nicholas Braun, who plays "cousin Greg" on the HBO show, is known for his towering height. If you Google "Nicholas Braun height" — as I did before interviewing him — you will come across a vigorous debate on celebheights.com. Braun spoke to me as a spokesperson for Miller64, a beer he says is good for people who don't want to fully commit to a dry January because of its low alcohol content. 22 of 41. Cousin Greg, the black sheep of Succession’s Murdochesque Roy family, has been one of the show’s most compelling characters. Best Cousin Greg GIFs From Succession 16 Times Cousin Greg Was the Most Charming Character on Succession. “I was kind of moody,” he admits of his experience crash dieting. So I used to sort of make it low, 6'4", 6'5". Subscriber His slideshow, set to the song “GRoCERIES” by Chance the Rapper, includes an atmospheric winter shot of himself in a beanie, a picture of himself with Bernie Sanders, and a photo of a friend’s dog, alone. He will also star in "Zola," premiering later this month at the Sundance Film Festival, based on a Twitter thread that went viral in 2015 that recounted a not-entirely-true madcap weekend trip involving a road trip to Florida, a sex worker with a violent pimp, a murder, and a leap from a four-story window. Cousin Greg, the mostly guileless grandson of Logan’s estranged brother, conspicuously trips over that line and hurtles directly into the former. "I used to make it shorter because most people hear 6'7" or even 6'6" and I think are a little spooked by it, like I'm going to be too tall. since, “No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention”. Succession's Cousin Greg Just Might Rise To The Top — And So Could Nicholas Braun. "But everybody's got something that can get in the way. The elder Braun is a legendary music industry figure—he was responsible for finalizing the Rolling Stones tongue logo and creating the zippered-fly cover for the band’s Sticky Fingers album—who decided he wanted to pursue a career as an actor in his 50s. “I love escape rooms,” he assures me, dead serious. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Your California Privacy Rights. “Janicza probably wouldn't have minded, but I just felt like he's a guy whose relationship is eating him up. I would leave the scenes feeling like, Oh, God, I fucked that scene up!”. However you know Gregory S. Hirsch on Succession, there’s no way you can miss his trajectory from a relative on the outskirts of Waystar Royco who can barely hold a job into a cunning strategist with the keys to the kingdom’s downfall.As he says in the Season 2 finale, “I’m more than just a sprinkle.” And though he's demonstrated the potential to be as cunning as his relatives, whether he’ll end up irredeemably corrupt is one of the most anticipated plotlines when Succession returns for its second season this month. The actor said his height can be difficult for casting, but for his Succession character, Cousin Greg, he says he uses it to create a "looming energy." That beautiful Ichabod Crane. “My friend wanted to design my thing, so he chose my pictures because he thinks he's really good at it,” he tells me. Succession star Mathew Macfadyen gives details on Tom and Greg in season three The Pride and Prejudice actor plays Tom in the hit show November 06, 2020 - 16:16 GMT He is a … That’s it, the year has been saved because Cousin Greg from Succession has released a song which is going to be the soundtrack to our summer. “My fears about not being the smartest person in the room, or not knowing how to say the right thing....I think Greg tries more than me. So, naturally, I wonder if he’s being ironic. The real number, Braun told me, is 6 feet 7 inches. Cousin Greg. He also shot up to his current troposphere-grazing height, which he admits can be “limiting,” though he tries not to focus on it. He did not, it turns out, fuck those scenes up. Account active Episode 5: Hey! The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. HBO. By AMANDA LEE … Braun said he's still looking for a showrunner on the project and is hoping to shoot it by the end of the year, after wrapping up the next season of "Succession. Sometimes I'm like, I wish it was easier, but I think it helps to feel a little intimidated by him always.”. All this talk about dating leads Braun, who got out of his last relationship a few months ago, to volunteer to show me his profile on the Raya app. When we meet him, he’s just started working at a Roy family theme park, a gig that abruptly ends when he gets too stoned and pukes out of the eyeholes of his mascot costume. He's got me a few times. “[This is] so much better. Strong also brought Braun along to a 4th of July party at Robert Downey, Jr.’s place. Since he was a gangly teenager in "Sky High" in 2006, and even now, as he stars as the skyscraping cousin Greg Hirsch on HBO's "Succession," Braun's height has been the subject of evolving speculation. Episode 6: Wow. It doesn't help that he's given different answers in different interviews. “I know I'm writing the right thing, because I continue to think about it all the time,” he says. The sole, fleeting sign that Braun is merely 99 percent psyched to do something comes when he’s on his way to board the Cyclone, the amusement park’s crown jewel, a rickety wooden roller coaster that was built before the Great Depression. The ball arcs upward toward the hoop and, at the last second, clanks off the makeshift headboard. And I’ve never lost anything.”, Braun pays and gathers himself to take his final shot. Since 1957, GQ has inspired men to look sharper and live smarter with its unparalleled coverage of style, culture, and beyond. After failing to make his first shot, Braun is overwhelmed with the urge to purchase another chance at glory. The show, a gloriously scathing portrayal of one-percenters behaving badly, follows media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his four terrible adult children while deftly straddling the line between comedy and drama. Braun said his height made him stand out from other actors when he was trying to get roles as a kid — and not necessarily in a good way. From award-winning writing and photography to binge-ready videos to electric live events, GQ meets millions of modern men where they live, creating the moments that create conversations. He was born on Long Island and, after his parents divorced when he was five, grew up splitting his time between weekdays in Connecticut with his mother and weekends in New York City with his father, Craig. “So many of these scenes, I feel bad and embarrassed. Back in September, the actor Nicholas Braun – best known as the exquisitely awkward Greg Hirsch on HBO’s Succession – used an Instagram Live to address a surprising theme he’d noticed emerging in his DMs. That friend, it turns out, is Christopher Mintz-Plasse, better known as McLovin in Superbad. Along the way, he was booking tween-friendly parts like in the Disney Channel movie Princess Protection Program, with Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato; the watered-down ABC Family sitcom version of 10 Things I Hate About You; and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. “I am a massive fan of escape rooms.”. It’s a precarious bundle of cash and cards held together by a single black binder clip—an affectation that’s such pure, unadulterated Cousin Greg that I feel like I’m being pranked. GQ may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. It's a very steady time. I thought, I should feel as frail as I can get.” He pulls up a photo of himself in costume as Dereck on his phone, where, all chin strap and saggy jeans, he looks like a man who subsists entirely on Monster Energy drinks and Juul pods. I'm not, though, and Braun has a thorough, earnest explanation. Nicholas Braun, Succession’s endlessly amusing Cousin Greg, takes GQ for a cruise around Coney Island. Nicholas Braun (‘Succession’) on how Cousin Greg is a ‘shapeshifter’ [Complete Interview Transcript] Kevin Jacobsen 8/26/2020 Joe … Episode 4: Huh. “It's basically a catchall for all the weird stuff that dating brings, and being lost in your 20s and trying to try on different identities.”. He said he's misrepresented his height when applying for parts in case casting directors would be intimidated by it. This means remaining unfazed when the irate man running the kiddie rides refuses to let him sit in a miniature car because Braun is six feet seven, even though the only apparent risk to the car is that it will seem even tinier than usual. We hurl beanbags at stacks of tin cans and, between the two of us over the course of a few rounds, manage to knock down exactly one can. Braun told Insider he's really 6 feet 7 inches tall. “People are afraid of you feeling too big on the screen,” Braun tells me. "I can, like, run around and kick high kicks in the air here. ‘Succession’ star Nicholas Braun overwhelmed on Emmys purple carpet Jeremy Strong, left, and Nicholas Braun attend the 71st Emmy Awards. He plays Henry, a hypercompetent, tough-talking city kid who lives in an Airstream trailer with his street-musician father, Walter, and is, in every way possible, the anti–Cousin Greg. But his most memorable moment comes after he finagles his way into a Roy office job and receives his first big paycheck. Greg spent the first two episodes of this season getting closer to Kendall, as both his cousin's drug delivery guy, tenant, and party host. I'm just gonna embrace it from here on out. If I'm playing the son of anybody, there's a good chance I won't be cast. Emmy-nominated actor Nicholas Braun, who plays the beloved character Cousin Greg on HBO’s “Succession,” is following in Kendall Roy’s footsteps by trying his hand at music. Episode 7: … “If we happen to make out or something after we successfully solve the puzzle, that's fine with the priority as escaping.” Though Braun is obviously self-aware and wryly funny, he embodies many of Cousin Greg’s mannerisms, playing up any strange enthusiasms and self-effacing tendencies for laughs. ", "Somehow they convinced themselves that they're in the right, no matter what they do," he said. Braun stars as Dereck, Jessica’s long-suffering dirtbag boyfriend, a role for which he dropped 25 pounds off his already lanky frame in just three weeks. Nicholas Braun talks about HBO's Succession, the evolution of his character Cousin Greg, the weird dynamic he has with Tom, and more. But in last week's "Hunting," Greg … He's cast himself as WeWork founder Adam Neumann — reportedly 6 feet 5 inches tall — in a forthcoming TV series about the rise and disastrous fall of the company, a project he's also an executive producer on. 25 … Nicholas Braun emerges, socks and sandals first, from a Town Car at the entrance of Coney Island’s Luna Park, game for anything. I'm like Greg getting his apartment in season two [of 'Succession']," he said. “Just finding someone who has a passion for escape rooms,” the paragraph begins. So that's pretty exciting. I'm really 6'7" when I stand.". Before Braun became America’s most lovable failson, he had a lengthy acting résumé under his belt. Far from it, actually: Cousin Greg emerged as the runaway fan favorite. ", Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Jacob Shamsian/Insider, the famously tall WeWork founder Adam Neumann, Visit Insider's homepage for more stories, the rise and disastrous fall of the company. I'm just talking about in auditions or when I'm going for a part. Braun, undeterred by the inherent futility of what we’re attempting, urges us to move on and try something else for “diversity of sport.” We settle on a basketball game that involves trying to score in one of four adjacent hoops, which a sign warns us are not regulation size. Today I learned cousin Greg from Succession was the glowing kid in Sky High which makes both Sky High and Succession even better. … Cousin Greg Succession: Coming in hot at 6’7, Cousin Greg’s height is almost as illegal as the going ons in Waystar’s cruise department. "Six-seven is the real number," Braun said. Cousin Greg From ‘Succession’ Has Been Moonlighting As A Loungewear Designer. Ad Choices. And at the age of 31, he's just bought his first apartment in New York. Cousin Greg might be a “motherfuckin’ egg,” as his cousin Kendall memorably put it, but Nicholas Braun is disconcertingly charming. "They own movie studios, news networks, newspapers and amusement parks. "It's been the biggest impediment to getting roles I think my whole life. In the first scene of the Season 2 finale of HBO’s “Succession,” Cousin Greg, like a page boy or lanky messenger shyly stalking to center stage, enters a Senate hearing to … Braun also hopes to direct the movie he’s writing about a woman who ends up on a reality dating show she’s obsessed with after a friend signs her up, inspired by his affection for the algorithm-based MTV reality show Are You the One? What Succession Star Nicholas Braun—aka Cousin Greg—Is Listening to Right Now The actor and casual musician talks about his love of … ... who plays eager-to-please cousin Greg … It’s both deeply hilarious and exquisitely heartbreaking, an exchange so visceral that it leaves the viewer wanting to offer Greg a reassuring pat on the back with one hand while stifling laughter with the other. “It was really fun—he was coaching me as though it was a sport.” Braun landed his first role at 11, in the Showtime movie Walter and Henry, which is available in all its grainy entirety on YouTube. “It's just a bunch of plywood,” he quietly observes to himself while gazing up at the bunch of plywood on which he’s about to risk his life. Braun channeled a lot of his own anxieties into the character. The number celebheights.com settled on was 6 feet 6 inches. “They're afraid of you towering over other lead actors or the female leads you are with. But then again, I like being a target sometimes, because it makes me feel kind of bad and makes me feel lesser than everybody in a room, and that stuff helps me,” he explains. He plays cousin Greg. This includes enthusiastically strapping into a ride that looks like a seesaw designed in hell. I can't be Steve Carell's son.” (On Succession, his height is used to maximum advantage through what he calls Cousin Greg’s “looming energy.”), “[Braun’s] got such a great combination of vulnerability and also slight entitlement and weird thrusting confidence... He’s gauche, but it’s gaucheness with a purpose.”, When Braun read for what would become his breakout role, he didn’t quite understand its tone. Braun urges me to read his bio, because he’s especially proud of it. But whatever, he says, because “it felt good coming off the fingers anyway.”. “The wallet always became too clunky,” he explains. All rights reserved. We followed "Succession" star Nicholas Braun (a.k.a. So he pulls out his wallet, which turns out not to be a wallet at all. "No matter what the illegal or immoral stuff that they do.". If I feel dumb in a room, I usually just shut down, but he kinda still goes for it, which is fun to play.”, “It was always clear from the audition that Nick was going to be very funny as Greg. ... his knees nearly reaching the height of the table in front of us. They call him "Cousin Greg" — actor Nicholas Braun on how turning the resident beta male of HBO's 'Succession' into a breakout fan favorite. Braun’s low-key, agreeable nature is uncannily reminiscent of Cousin Greg, his endearingly bumbling character on HBO’s sleeper hit Succession. Cousin Greg’s Tribeca Condo From ‘Succession’ Is (Still) on the Market for $7.1 Million Turns out Kendall's loaner to Cousin Greg hasn't … Succession's Nicholas Braun Shares Pop-Punk-Inspired Quarantine Song ... (who you know as Cousin Greg) is bringing an idea to life with … 10:52 PM - 16 Sep 2019 “I like feeling afraid of Brian [Cox] still, even though we've been doing [this] for a long time. But lately, he's decided he likes the altitude. Get it now on Libro.fm using the button below. Gabriella Paiella is a GQ staff writer who uses a regular wallet. ", Lately, Braun's height has been an advantage. My relationship with SUCCESSION: Episodes 1-3: Eh. Wary of getting stuck in a Disney rut, he deliberately held off from going all the way in that direction. As he was learning the ropes, he decided to teach his son, too. Cousin Greg) as the HBO series took home best drama at the virtual Emmys. © 2021 Condé Nast. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. ", Braun is attracted to characters like Neumann, he said, because he's fascinated by people who are "living in a delusion," like Anna Delvey and "the Fyre Fest guys. He brings up Kieran Culkin, who plays Roman Roy, Logan’s sleazebag youngest son and television’s most unequivocally fun asshole. As a wide-eyed outsider suddenly plunged into a world of extreme wealth, he serves both as the audience proxy and the show’s beating heart. Here's what it was like. ... On Succession, he plays his height … He’s got such a great combination of vulnerability and also slight entitlement and weird thrusting confidence,” Succession creator Jesse Armstrong told me in an e-mail. And his career has taken off thanks to his role as Greg in "Succession." A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. (For the record, he’s never tried their Cajun chicken linguine, though he calls their frozen barbecue chicken pizza a “staple.”) He’ll be playing a whole different shade of incompetent in the upcoming Janicza Bravo film Zola, based on the megaviral 2016 tweet thread by a Hooters waitress named Zola, whose two-day trip to go stripping in Florida with a brand new acquaintance named Jessica ended up involving an angry pimp named Z and an armed kidnapping. By Kerry McDermott 23 December 2020. “He’s gauche, but it’s gaucheness with a purpose.”, Braun says that the lines between the other actors and their roles end up getting blurred on set, too. "It's my first purchase like that. Braun went on to boarding school in Massachusetts, then spent two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles before dropping out to act full-time. But he was a huge fan of Succession’s executive producer, Adam McKay, and thought that even if he wasn’t right for this project, perhaps McKay would like him enough to consider him for something else. Greg the Egg. “Kieran revs himself up and starts to bully. “He would try and make me do the Meisner technique,” Braun tells me, referring to the popular training method that emphasizes following one’s emotional impulses. There are many underlying factors when it comes to Tom’s interest in Greg, and most of them fall into shallow or nefarious categories (as is … Cousin Greg reveals that he intends to take his windfall to California Pizza Kitchen, whose cuisine he talks up with trademark dopey, childlike delight—"They make a Cajun chicken linguine just the way I like it”—only to have his boss and frequent antagonizer Tom Wamsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) brutally mock him for his pedestrian taste. And cousin Greg comes in luckily at the right time, when the patriarch of the family is giving his company to one of his children. Braun said his height used to be an impediment to getting roles, so he'd tell people on casting calls that he was shorter. The actor who plays Cousin Greg on HBO's 'Succession' will star as the WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann in a TV adaptation, 12 TV shows coming in 2020 that we're most excited about, Meet the dramatic mogul-families that 'Succession' draws inspiration from, including the Trumps, Murdochs, and Redstones. Because even as a kid when I was younger, like 11, 12 years old, I was very tall, I just kept being very tall," Braun said. Actor Nicholas Braun, who plays fan favorite Cousin Greg on HBO’s “Succession,” has created a song for the age of COVID. Post-hotdog, Braun and I decide to wander around the park for a bit, trying our luck at the carnival games. Of course, Braun’s world extends well beyond Cousin Greg and California Pizza Kitchen. (Strong assures me that Downey is a fan of Succession, Cousin Greg… Cousin Greg From Succession Has Released A Song (And It's Going To Save Our Summer) It's called Antibodies (Do You Have The). by Anna Silverman | Posted on 30 07 2020. Cousin Greg, the hall-of-fame naïf played by Nicholas Braun, on “Succession,” is peripheral to the show’s power plays but central to its overarching structure. August 4, 2020 by Hedy Phillips. Cousin Greg—Sweet Cousin Greg—Is the Only Non-sociopath in HBO’s ‘Succession’ And now he may have been poisoned By Justin Charity Jun 25, 2018, 5:50am EDT When Cousin Greg bumbled his way into the affairs of the Roys in 2018’s pilot of “Succession,” he simultaneously stumbled his way into the hearts of … "The show is about a very wealthy family, billionaire family," Braun, 31, told Travers. Cousin Greg to play equally tall, inept WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann in new series Succession’s Nicholas Braun is also 6’5” By Kevin Nguyen Dec 11, 2019, 6:15pm EST