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Jesse Eisenberg - 'A Real Pain'

Jan 28, 20251 hr 22 min
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Episode description

The actor/writer/director reflects on why he, a socially-awkward kid, became a child actor, how the explosion of his acting profile (he was Oscar-nominated for 'The Social Network') coincided with his increased interest in writing and why, for his second outing as a director, he cast Kieran Culkin in the role that he originally intended to play himself.

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