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Kieran Culkin Says “I’m Here Because Jesse Eisenberg Wrote An Incredible Script” As ‘A Real Pain’ Actor Accepts Golden Globe


Kieran Culkin Says “I’m Here Because Jesse Eisenberg Wrote An Incredible Script" As ‘A Real Pain’ Actor Accepts Golden Globe

So thanks,” said the actor who has segued from five seasons as irascible Roman Roy in Succession, which won him a Golden Globe last year, to another career defining turn as Benji, cousin to Jesse Eisenberg’s David, in a film that that follows the duo on a heritage tour of Poland. They are there to honor of their beloved and recently deceased grandmother, who was a Holocaust survivor with a party that includes a nerdy British history student, three Americans and a refugee from Rwanda who converted to Judaism after finding safe haven in Canada. It was a competitive race that included Yura Borisov ( Anora), Edward Norton ( A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce ( The Brutalist), Culkin’s Succession co-star Jeremy Strong ( The Apprentice) and Denzel Washington ( Gladiator II).

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