The character I was playing [Lipsky] was a deeply envious person.

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He couldnt pinpoint what specifically led him to have such a strong reaction to the material, though.

And it just was killing me, Eisenberg said.

The End of the Tour (2015) Jesse Eisenberg (David Lipsky) and Jason Segel (David Foster Wallace)

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I really couldnt stop crying during the scenes.

And then the director told me to stop crying during the scenes.

But he couldnt help it.

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I was just in this world and it actually felt really…

It felt like we were really on the same team.