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Why Jesse Eisenberg Felt Like a Rookie Actor on 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Jesse Eisenberg stars in
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Speaker 1: his very first mini series, Fleischman Is in Trouble. After
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Speaker 1: quite a long and a steam career and film, he
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Speaker 1: realized soon after production began how different film and TV
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Speaker 1: are as storytelling mediums, and how much he had to
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Speaker 1: learn telling Slam magazine. I just kept thinking, these scenes
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Speaker 1: are so long, and I would be reassured that we're
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Speaker 1: making eight episodes. If you're doing a movie, if a
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Speaker 1: line doesn't serve a purpose, it's not in the movie.
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Speaker 1: With a mini series, there's side storyline. So I just
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Speaker 1: kept asking about it because I don't have experience in
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Speaker 1: that world. I thought it was great, but as an
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Speaker 1: actor I had to uncensor myself because normally every scene
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Speaker 1: is vital. There was a calmer approach to the structure.
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Speaker 1: I really liked it. It's very appealing, the words of
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Speaker 1: Jesse Eisenberg. Jesse had it makes TV characters so rich,
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Speaker 1: and he'd love to do it again. Fleischman Is in
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Speaker 1: Trouble is on Hulu that's direct from Hollywood.