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Jesse Eisenberg Granted Polish Citizenship After ‘Reconnecting’ With Family Roots for ‘A Real Pain’

Jesse Eisenberg granted Polish citizenship after the success of 'A Real Pain,' based on a trip he took there in 2008 to connect with his family roots.

Jesse Eisenberg didn’t take home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for A Real Pain on Sunday, but the filmmaker and actor still won big. During the visit, he previously told Rolling Stone, he didn’t feel “something profound,” noting: “I was just kind of mystified that I had no connection to this place whatsoever. Culkin and Eisenberg play cousins Benji and David in A Real Pain, two polar opposite characters bound by their familial history and the traits they see in one another that spark a complicated mix of awe and envy.

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