Jesse Eisenberg on ‘The Debut’ and How Community Theater Saved Him as a ‘Shy’ Child Who Was ‘Made Fun of in School’: ‘Suddenly Everyone Was So Nice’

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By Alex Ritman

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Jesse Eisenberg‘s latest film “The Debut” came from the depths of his own experience in community theater.

Speaking at the San Sebastian Film Festival in his typically comical and self-deprecating manner, the actor-turned-filmmaker elaborated on the autobiographical elements of the movie, in which Julianne Moore plays Mona Friedman, a New Jersey housewife who finds herself after joining a local musical production.

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