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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Interview With "A Real Pain" Director/Writer/Actor Jesse Eisenberg

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

"A Real Pain" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won positive reviews for Jesse Eisenberg's direction, screenplay, and performances from him and Kieran Culkin. The film, only the actor's second directorial feature, is already being talked about as a potential awards season player, and we were lucky enough to chat with Eisenberg for a few minutes during the theatrical promotion of the film to gather his thoughts on the reception toward the movie, hear interesting tidbits from behind-the-scenes in working with Culkin, what he learned from his last film " When You Finish Saving The World," and more. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Searchlight Pictures and is eligible in all categories for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Eisenberg), Best Supporting Actor (Culkin) and Best Original Screenplay. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is my interview with the writer, director, and star of the film A Real Pain. Jesse Eisenberg. Hey, Benji, I just got to the airport. I really hope you left already. Oh, God, you made it. What's up, Cus? I got some good shit from Wemeyland. Wait, you're not like taking weed into Poland, are you? Oh, yeah. Benji? They don't give shit about that stuff. I think they very much do give a shit about that. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We get high in back seats. Daveers and I are cousins. We used to be joined at the hip. Our grandma was from here, so Dave arranged for us to join this geriatric Polish tour with you fine people. That's the way we get by. I really needed this man.

0:55.0

I know that it's tough for you to leave your boy. We don't really have anything going on. I know it's been the tough few months for you, so I also want to say that I know you're not the most comfortable person with people. I'm not. No. Doesn't look real? Well, they're twice the size of you in metal, so. want to come up here? I'm good. Can you take my picture? That's what I'm talking about.

1:12.3

Marsha. Thank you, metal. So. You sure you don't want to come up here? I'm good. Can you take my picture?

1:11.6

That's what I'm talking about.

1:12.6

Marsha.

1:13.6

Thank you, David.

1:14.6

But it's amazing that you're here, putting yourself out there so boldly for me.

1:17.6

Thank you, man.

1:18.6

Let's go smoke a joint.

1:19.6

Word of warning.

1:21.6

This will be a tour about Penn.

1:23.6

Our grandmother and Benji were super close. I mean, she was the coolest. I've just been in a real funk, I guess, since she died.

1:30.3

Just haven't.

1:32.3

I'm...

1:33.3

You ain't long.

1:38.3

You're looking back at the horrors of your family history.

1:41.3

We completely cut ourselves off from anyone else's true pain. Why are you doing this?

1:45.0

Oh man, you used to like feel everything. Obviously, there are triggers along the way. We're not at the right station. And you didn't wake me up. Oh, you're having such a good nap, dude. You were like... You were like... Sorry. Yeah, I know, just didn't have the heart to wake you up. Has he always been like this?

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