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Jesse Eisenberg Says He Won’t Leave U.S. Over Trump

Eisenberg frames the choice as a civic duty that keeps him in New York to help struggling people, preserves analog filmmaking practices, and sustains cultural ties to Poland.

Overview

  • At the Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Sunday, Eisenberg said he will not emigrate because of President Trump and called staying in New York a responsibility to help people who are struggling.
  • He received Polish citizenship in 2025 after applying in 2024 to reconnect with family roots and to broaden cultural and professional ties in Poland.
  • Eisenberg declined to reprise his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s planned sequel, saying he no longer wants to be associated with that character.
  • His next film, the A24 musical comedy The Debut due in U.S. cinemas on Dec. 3, was shot on film at his request and he described it as deliberately analog in contrast to A24’s recent research partnership with Google’s DeepMind.
  • Eisenberg and his family plan hands-on charitable work in Ukraine with the Campfire Project, a trip he described as his wife teaching, their child playing with camp kids, and him documenting the effort on his phone.