Jesse Eisenberg reveals UNUSUAL way Kieran Culkin acted in A Real Pain

The adage, everyone is going through something painful, was part of the inspiration for actor, writer and director Jesse Eisenberg’s new film, A Real Pain. The movie follows odd-couple Jewish cousins, David (Eisenberg) and Benji, played by Succession’s Kieran Culkin, as they travel to Poland in honour of their beloved grandmother, and join a holocaust site tour with other Jewish travellers.
Set against the backdrop of historical trauma, the contrasting characters are each battling their own demons with David’s obvious neuroticism and Benji using humour to mask his pain.
In this ReelTalk interview, Eisenberg tells Ben, in writing the movie, his aim was to leave viewers pondering whose pain is more valid and reveals why he classifies his own personal challenges with anxiety and OCD as “unexceptional pain.” He also reveals to Ben the at-times frustration of working with Culkin, an eccentric actor who doesn’t like to rehearse or take direction, but whose creative genius was “so good”.
A Real Pain also stars Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus).

In the wide-ranging interview, Eisenberg also talks to Ben about his involvement in the “strangest movie of the year” Sasquatch Sunset, where he plays a non-talking Bigfoot character.

A Real Pain will be released in Australian cinemas on Christmas Day.

Sasquatch Sunset is currently available on Paramount+ and other streaming services.

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