Jesse Eisenberg Cast Kieran Culkin Without Ever Watching Him In Anything Because He Liked His “Essence”

“I took it from him,” Kieran deadpanned in response. 

And the awkward fact that Kieran tried to bail on the project also came up, with Kieran sheepishly admitting: “At one point, yes, I did try to back out of this film… Whoops.”

“Two weeks before we shot,” Jesse corrected, noticeably still unimpressed by it. “Not ‘at one point,’ two weeks before we shot.”

“He didn’t know that,” Kieran explained. “They kept him in the dark about the ‘me trying to get out the movie’ thing.”

Affectionately rubbing Jesse’s shoulder, Kieran quickly added: “Glad I didn’t! Glad I didn’t! We made a good movie!”