Jesse Eisenberg Dishes On Letting Go Of His Rage in New Movie 'Manodrome'

Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody suit up for the premiere of their new movie, Manodrome, during the 2023 Berlinale International Film Festival held at Berlinale Palast over the weekend in Germany.

The two actors were joined by director John Trengove, and co-stars Sallieu Sesay, Odessa Young, and Philip Ettinger on the red carpet. Adrien‘s designer girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, was also seen at the event.

When asked about what seems like an out-of-the-box character for him, Jesse said that playing Ralphie provided him with a way to let our his extreme frustrations.

“I walk around with lots of emotions that are not appropriate to display in public, and then when I get to do a project where the characters have an extreme range of emotions, that feels really cathartic,” he told THR in a new interview about the project.

Jesse added, “I also sometimes marvel at just normal civilized society where people aren’t way more upset or elated with everyday life. But it’s cathartic. And I guess I felt a lot for the character and really sad for what he’s going through.”

He also spoke of the focus on the group of men in the movie, and how it was formed out of “backlash to what I personally think is wonderful progress about gender norms and gender roles, but for them, it feels like their whole world is being threatened.”

“All their personal insecurities and fears and feelings of inadequacy manifest as anger towards women as opposed to looking inward to fix whatever issues are going on with themselves,” Jesse shared.

Watch a first look at the movie here.

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