Watch Mia Wasikowska And Jesse Eisenberg Talk Over Each Other
It's the latest clip from Richard Ayoade's The Double, which opens in the States on April 9.
In Richard Ayoade’s The Double, which opens in the States on April 9, Jesse Eisenberg plays two versions of the same character: one, Simon James, is fumbling, awkward, timid and lonely; the other, James Simon, is brash, confident, and assertive, and a new employee at the tiny and stifling Kafka-esque office Simon James works at.
No one notices that these two are dopplegangers. Chaos and existential crisis ensue.
Based on the novella by Dostoyevsky, the film features a cameo from Aussie Mia Wasikowska, who plays Hannah. Simon James has a crush on Hannah, but he doesn’t have the confidence to do anything about it; Hannah has a crush on James Simon, because she has “never met anyone” like him: “I think that you can tell just by looking at someone.” Ouch.
Sidenote: Wasikowska seems great for this role, but in this scene it’s basically Shoshanna in a wig.
Watch the full trailer here: