Why Are Jewish Celebrities in Hollywood So Afraid to Talk About Antisemitism? (Opinion)
I love Jesse Eisenberg.
From his wunderkind roles in Roger Dodger and The Squid and the Whale to his twitchy performances in The Social Network and The End of the Tour — and interviews with me and so many others — he’s always been a jolt of energy. Rarely does a celebrity work so hard to give such an honest answer, or slip in such a hilariously dry joke.
But I’ve been mystified by Jesse Eisenberg too. With A Real Pain — which stands a good chance of winning Oscars for screenplay and supporting actor on Sunday — Eisenberg has made a film about the Holocaust. Yet on the awards circuit he has seemed conspicuously reluctant, to say the least, to utter a word about current antisemitism, steering far from the subject even in long interviews on The Daily Show and Fresh Air.
In fact, he doesn’t even seem to see...
From his wunderkind roles in Roger Dodger and The Squid and the Whale to his twitchy performances in The Social Network and The End of the Tour — and interviews with me and so many others — he’s always been a jolt of energy. Rarely does a celebrity work so hard to give such an honest answer, or slip in such a hilariously dry joke.
But I’ve been mystified by Jesse Eisenberg too. With A Real Pain — which stands a good chance of winning Oscars for screenplay and supporting actor on Sunday — Eisenberg has made a film about the Holocaust. Yet on the awards circuit he has seemed conspicuously reluctant, to say the least, to utter a word about current antisemitism, steering far from the subject even in long interviews on The Daily Show and Fresh Air.
In fact, he doesn’t even seem to see...
- 3/2/2025
- by Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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