A Real Pain' (point) for Eric André is missing out on the eventually Oscar-winning role taken on by Kieran Culkin in Jesse ...

Eric Andre alleged that he was offered a starring role in ‘A Real Pain’ but thought it sounded ‘miserable’ to film ...

Comedian Eric André recently revealed on a podcast that he turned down the role that brought Kieran Culkin to prominence ... Poland for six weeks and shoot a movie where we’re just babbling ...

By McKinley Franklin If it weren’t for Eric André, Kieran Culkin might not have won his 2025 Oscar. After reading the script, André thought, “To go to Poland for six weeks and shoot a movie ...

Later, when André suggested that Santino could have played Culkin's role in the movie, the host replied, "I'm not Jewish!" André shot back, "Neither is Kieran Culkin." But Santino suggested that ...

“Two years ago, Jesse Eisenberg called me [and] offered me the role that Kieran Culkin got the Oscar for ... ‘To go to Poland for six weeks and shoot a movie where we’re just babbling ...

offered me the role that Kieran Culkin got the Oscar for," André said. "I was like, 'That seems really miserable and not in my lane.' I read the script. I was like, 'To go to Poland for six weeks and ...

Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain at the 2025 Oscars, but according to Eric Andre, he had turned down the role first—and deeply regrets it.