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

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 ...

“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 ...

“I read the script and was like, ‘To go to Poland for six weeks and shoot a movie, where we’re just ... then it turned into an Academy Award.” Culkin also nearly turned down the role ...

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 ...

If it weren’t for Eric André, Kieran Culkin ... and shoot a movie where we’re just babbling about the Holocaust seems like a bummer.” Though the part went on to land Culkin his first ...

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 ...