# 'A Real Pain' Director Jesse Eisenberg

An episode of [IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1142632832), 19 Nov 2024, 34 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC1485360971.mp3?updated=1732038321

For his second feature as Director, Jesse Eisenberg takes us on a hilarious and emotionally complex family road trip to Poland. He sat down with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt to discuss writing the script, why he initially wanted to play the Kieran Culkin part, and what the title of the film actually means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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