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Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore bring curtain down on London Film Festival with 'The Debut'

Global Published 20 October 2026, 13:09 · archived 20 Oct 2026

LONDON: Actor-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg said he wrote the ​lead role in his musical comedy “The Debut” with Julianne Moore in mind, praising the Oscar-winning star as “the ‌greatest actress in the world” as the film closed the London Film Festival on Sunday. “I just thought, this is Julianne Moore, and I will write every scene with her in mind and what she likes to do and what she’s great at,” Eisenberg, who wrote the ​screenplay and directed the film, told Reuters on the red carpet. Moore stars as Mona, a shy New Jersey ​housewife who is thrilled to land a role in a community theatre musical....

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