Jesse Eisenberg is grateful for his friendship with Emma Stone. The “A Real Pain” writer and star gushed about Stone’s support of his career as a writer while he accepted the award for best screenplay at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.

I am riding the coattails of her goodwill,' Eisenberg said of Stone, his longtime friend who has become a prolific producer.

During his acceptance speech for best screenplay at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards, A Real Pain writer and director Jesse Eisenberg called Emma Stone, a producer on the film, his "fairy godmother.

Jesse Eisenberg called actress Emma Stone his "fairy godmother" during his acceptance speech for best screenplay at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards, as per The Hollywood Reporter.The Social Network actor won the best screenplay award for his film The Real Pain,

Jesse Eisenberg, in heading to Oscar night where his A Real Pain is up for Best Original Screenplay, spoke today at the Spirits backstage about his on-set bromance with Kieran Culkin; the Searchlight Sundance acquisition actually about the complex relationship of two cousins traveling to Auschwitz.