Culkin shares what made him not step away from the movie.

Although Kieran Culkin won a Golden Globe for his performance in A Real Pain, he would have dropped out of the role if not for producer Emma Stone.

In A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg play mismatched cousins, Benji Kaplan and David Kaplan. They travel to Europe to honor their grandmother and track their Jewish lineage. Dysfunction arises when the two drastically different personalities face unresolved tensions from the past.

Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin’s award-winning comedy drama—is new on Hulu this week. Find out when you can stream the film at home.

It was named a top 10 film of the year by both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and Kieran Culkin became the third actor ever to win Best Supporting Actor honors from all of the “big four” critics associations (the Los Angeles Film Critics Association,

Written and directed by Jesse Esienberg, A Real Pain is already making waves on the awards circuit. A story about cultural heritage, loss and familial relationships, the new film arrives on streaming just in time to get caught up before the Oscars.