Jesse Eisenberg
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Anyway, so like then, so I had written that play and I always wanted to like adapt it as a movie and I could never figure out like what story would be good to adapt. I always wanted to shoot something in Poland. I had written a short story for Tablet Magazine about these two guys who go to Mongolia to meet a friend of theirs. And again, it's actually very similar to Jerusalem Syndrome.
Anyway, so like then, so I had written that play and I always wanted to like adapt it as a movie and I could never figure out like what story would be good to adapt. I always wanted to shoot something in Poland. I had written a short story for Tablet Magazine about these two guys who go to Mongolia to meet a friend of theirs. And again, it's actually very similar to Jerusalem Syndrome.
Anyway, so like then, so I had written that play and I always wanted to like adapt it as a movie and I could never figure out like what story would be good to adapt. I always wanted to shoot something in Poland. I had written a short story for Tablet Magazine about these two guys who go to Mongolia to meet a friend of theirs. And again, it's actually very similar to Jerusalem Syndrome.
It was one character, it's full of conspiracy theories, and my character, who I was going to play, was not. And they go to see a guy who they think is the most conspiracy-minded guy, the pure guy from high school, and he actually just explains to them, he's grown up. And it just destroys them in Mongolia. And so I was like 30 pages into this Mongolia script and it was not going well.
It was one character, it's full of conspiracy theories, and my character, who I was going to play, was not. And they go to see a guy who they think is the most conspiracy-minded guy, the pure guy from high school, and he actually just explains to them, he's grown up. And it just destroys them in Mongolia. And so I was like 30 pages into this Mongolia script and it was not going well.
It was one character, it's full of conspiracy theories, and my character, who I was going to play, was not. And they go to see a guy who they think is the most conspiracy-minded guy, the pure guy from high school, and he actually just explains to them, he's grown up. And it just destroys them in Mongolia. And so I was like 30 pages into this Mongolia script and it was not going well.
Ja, ich habe es... Irgendjemand hat es mir gegeben, ich glaube, während wir in der Produktion waren. Oh, ja. Ich habe es nicht beendet. Ja, ja. Ich habe es angefangen. Nein, er ist großartig und ich liebe sein Werk. Ich sollte es lesen. Ja, das ist gut. Nein, ich weiß, aber ich wollte nichts lesen, das mir so nahe ging. Right. Sure, sure, sure. Aber nein, ich werde es lesen. Ich werde es lesen.
Ja, ich habe es... Irgendjemand hat es mir gegeben, ich glaube, während wir in der Produktion waren. Oh, ja. Ich habe es nicht beendet. Ja, ja. Ich habe es angefangen. Nein, er ist großartig und ich liebe sein Werk. Ich sollte es lesen. Ja, das ist gut. Nein, ich weiß, aber ich wollte nichts lesen, das mir so nahe ging. Right. Sure, sure, sure. Aber nein, ich werde es lesen. Ich werde es lesen.
Ja, ich habe es... Irgendjemand hat es mir gegeben, ich glaube, während wir in der Produktion waren. Oh, ja. Ich habe es nicht beendet. Ja, ja. Ich habe es angefangen. Nein, er ist großartig und ich liebe sein Werk. Ich sollte es lesen. Ja, das ist gut. Nein, ich weiß, aber ich wollte nichts lesen, das mir so nahe ging. Right. Sure, sure, sure. Aber nein, ich werde es lesen. Ich werde es lesen.
Und... Yeah, that kind of tourism is fascinating. And I know his was also about Jewish tourism. But even like... It was all the camps. Right. Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Und... Yeah, that kind of tourism is fascinating. And I know his was also about Jewish tourism. But even like... It was all the camps. Right. Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Und... Yeah, that kind of tourism is fascinating. And I know his was also about Jewish tourism. But even like... It was all the camps. Right. Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, because there's no perfect way to do it. You know, you want to go there and... You're going with the idea that you're trying to connect to that thing in a way to, I guess, grow as a person, to maybe build up your empathy.
Well, because there's no perfect way to do it. You know, you want to go there and... You're going with the idea that you're trying to connect to that thing in a way to, I guess, grow as a person, to maybe build up your empathy.
Well, because there's no perfect way to do it. You know, you want to go there and... You're going with the idea that you're trying to connect to that thing in a way to, I guess, grow as a person, to maybe build up your empathy.