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Eisenberg portrays a colleague in the troupe, while Halle Bailey portrays someone who offers Mona advice. Craig Bierko, Eldar Isgandarov, Bernadette Peters, and Cara Buono are co-stars in the film.<\/p>\n
Eisenberg wrote the script, with Emma Stone, Dave McCary, and Ali Herting serving as producers for Topic Studios and Fruit Tree. Eisenberg most recently helmed “A Real Pain<\/strong>,” which earned Kieran Culkin an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9Courtesy of A24 A24 has revealed the initial trailer for the R-rated musical comedy “The Debut“, a film directed by Jesse Eisenberg, in which he co-stars alongside Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. Dubbed “Whiplash” within the community and the wider world, the story follows Mona Friedman, a shy and unassuming housewife from small-town New Jersey…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20471,30],"tags":[1079,30965,5202,30963,30964,5879,369,1158,30962],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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