Jesse Eisenberg makes Emma Stone cry with emotional Independent Spirit Awards speech: “I think about her like a fairy godmother”

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Jesse Eisenberg brought Emma Stone to tears after he paid tribute to her in a speech at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday (February 22).The actor and director won Best Screenplay for the buddy comedy A Real Pain, which he wrote, directed and starred in, and he used his speech to shout out his longtime friend and collaborator Stone, herself a producer on the movie.He said: “I met Emma when we were in Zombieland together in 2009, and since then, I write little magazine articles and little things on McSweeney’s, and she’s the only person – I’m including my mom here – who would take little screenshots of it over the last 15 years and send me things like, ‘This is such a funny line!’”He described Stone as “the most famous person I know, and yet also the most dedicated to encouraging me as a writer,” and added, “I think about her not as my producer, but like a fairy godmother – that I am riding the coattails of her goodwill.”As he finished his speech, Stone could be seen getting visibly emotional in the audience.After his win, Eisenberg was asked if he’d like to write something for Stone to act in at some point, and he replied, “Every single person in the world who opens a final draft folder wants to write something for Emma Stone.

She’s the greatest in every genre. So yeah.”He then joked, “I tend not to think of writing from the perspective of what actor could do it.