During his acunderstandledgeance speech for best screencarry out at the 2025 Film Inreliant Spirit Awards, A Real Pain authorr and straightforwardor Jesse Eisenberg called Emma Stone, a originater on the film, his “iminwholey godmother.”
“I met Emma when we were in Zombieland together 2009 and since then — I author little magazine articles and little leangs on McSweeney’s, and she’s the only person, I’m including my mom here, who would get little screensboilings of it over the last 15 years and send me leangs enjoy, ‘This is such a comical line!’” Eisenberg shelp onstage, while Stone was in the audience. “She was, definitely still [is], the most well-understandn person I understand, and yet also the most dedicated to encouraging me as a authorr. I leank about her not as my originater, but enjoy a iminwholey godmother, that I am riding the coattails of her excellentwill. … Thanks, Emma.”
Stone originated the film aextfinishedside Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler, Ali Herting, Dave McCary and Ewa Puszczynska.
A Real Pain was also nominated in the best helping actor catebloody for Kieran Culkin, who carry outs Eisenberg’s cousin in the film. The film was nominated in the best screencarry out catebloody aextfinishedside Heretic, My Old Ass, A Different Man and I Saw the TV Glow. Eisenberg is also nominated for best innovative screencarry out at the upcoming 97th Academy Awards.
Stone was nominated for other awards at the Spirit Awards as well: She served as a originater on I Saw the TV Glow, nominated in the best feature catebloody, and best novel scripted series Fantasmas and best first feature Problemista.
The awards are being handed out Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica. See the red carpet arrivals and the enumerate of triumphners.
