There are one ton of stories about the actors who Almost Played a character who became wildly known for some or other reason. Michael Douglas almost played celebrity researcher Christopher Columbos In the movie Ridley Scott. Val Kilmer almost played Morpheus resistance leader in the "matrix". And now we have another fun to add to the mix: Gonzo comedian and joke Eric Andre was offered a role made by the actor "Consequently" Kieran Kulkin as the winner of the Academy Award.

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In an interview with comedian Andrew Santino on his Podcast with whiskey gingerAndre revealed that writer and director "real pain" and director Esses Eisenberg came to offer the role of Benjamin "Benji" Kaplan in his friend on the Holocaust tour. Andre rejected him, and Kulkin eventually resolved the role of a freely spiritual but broken heart, Benji, who uses travel as a way to say goodbye to his beloved recently deceased grandmother. "Real Pain" would have been a very different movie with Andre in the role of Benji and Kulkin gave the performance of a lifetime, so it all worked for the audience. For Eric Andre ... not so much.

Kulkin gave incredible, Tinted performance as the sadness of "real pain". While Andre is pretty funny, his truly dramatic chops have yet to be tested. His version of "real pain" would probably have been more beautiful, but when the offer came, he was simply not interested. As Andre explained to the podcast:

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"Jesse Eisenberg Calls Me. Offered Me The Role That Kieran Culkin Got The Oscar For. Movie who we're just babbling About the holocaust SEEMS like a bummer (...) I was like, 'Appreciate the offers, Sure it's gonna be great, i don't think that is what i'm looking for Right.'. ' Mother ***** won the Oscar for the role I went through. "

Andre continued to notice that he did not offer roles very often, so all the work was a kind of shock from top to bottom. He is also indeed wrong with the film being out of his strip, though it would definitely be interesting to see how trying and handling such heavy material. He is ready to go through a lot of misery and to torment his guests on His crazy talk -shows for adults "Eric Andre Show", But it seems that a six -week Holocaust/Film filming in Poland was just a little misery to submit it.

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