Best known for his role as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg has a knack for portraying complex, somewhat unlikable characters. He now plays David Kaplan—a husband, father, and tightly wound digital-ad salesman—whose foil is his spontaneous, volatile, lonely, and unemployed cousin, Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin). Directed and written by Eisenberg, A Real Pain follows the Kaplan cousins to Poland—where they take a Holocaust tour in an attempt to reconnect with their Jewish roots. The poignant and feel-good dramedy is inspired by the real-life Eisenberg family’s ties to the small Polish town of Krasnystaw. (Their house has a cameo in the movie.) To celebrate the film’s release, Eisenberg shares his least favorite things. —Carolina de Armas
Least favorite number: Three.
Least favorite color: Anything pastel.
Least favorite team: 1992–93 Bulls.
Preferred deadly sin: Sloth.
Food that makes you gag: Fried dough.
Book you never finished: Infinite Jest.
Film you walked out of: My own.
Song you never want to hear again: “Happy Birthday.”
