Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg joked about the timing of receiving his Polish citizenship, which came just before Poland announced plans to introduce military training for all adult men.
Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg has joked about the timing of receiving his Polish citizenship, which came just before Poland announced plans to introduce military training for all adult men.
Eisenberg, who has Polish-Jewish heritage, was granted citizenship by Polish President Andrzej Duda during a ceremony in New York on March 5.
However, shortly after, Poland revealed its new national military training plan.
Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 13, the 41-year-old actor joked about the coincidence.
“It was a great honor for me. I’d been trying for like a year and a half, and then I get it, and the very next day I open the news, and the top story is Poland now requires all males to participate in military training,” Eisenberg said.
“This was like the day after I got it.”
Poland’s new defense initiative, aimed at strengthening national security, will offer all men over 18 military training, though details on implementation are still being finalized.
The initial announcement of the training caused some uncertainty about whether it would be mandatory or voluntary, though the government later appeared to suggest it was the latter.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reposted a clip to social media on Friday of Eisenberg making his comments, with the accompanying caption: “Dear Jesse, get ready! I’ll have news for you tomorrow.”
It was not clear whether Tusk’s comments were meant to indicate the release of more information from the government about the planned military training program.
Eisenberg was recently nominated for an Oscar for his film ‘A Real Pain,’ the story of two cousins who visit Poland in honor of their late grandmother, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor.
While Eisenberg fell short in the best Original Screenplay category, his co-star Kieran Culkin won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
After announcing he had applied for Polish citizenship, Eisenberg told TVP World: “The way I think about it is this: my family lived in Poland for hundreds of years.
“They lived in New York for about 80 years. And yet our lives in New York has been a blip, and our lives in Poland have been quite a long thing, so for me, it feels very natural that I should try to connect back to where we came from.”
Eisenberg, who has Polish-Jewish heritage, was granted citizenship by Polish President Andrzej Duda during a ceremony in New York on March 5.
However, shortly after, Poland revealed its new national military training plan.
Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 13, the 41-year-old actor joked about the coincidence.
“It was a great honor for me. I’d been trying for like a year and a half, and then I get it, and the very next day I open the news, and the top story is Poland now requires all males to participate in military training,” Eisenberg said.
“This was like the day after I got it.”
He added: “I wonder if I’ll look any different. I probably won’t. They probably won’t give me any job that’ll actually bulk me up.”Dear Jesse, get ready! I’ll have news for you tomorrow. https://t.co/pTloKMm4Ki
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) March 14, 2025
Poland’s new defense initiative, aimed at strengthening national security, will offer all men over 18 military training, though details on implementation are still being finalized.
The initial announcement of the training caused some uncertainty about whether it would be mandatory or voluntary, though the government later appeared to suggest it was the latter.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reposted a clip to social media on Friday of Eisenberg making his comments, with the accompanying caption: “Dear Jesse, get ready! I’ll have news for you tomorrow.”
It was not clear whether Tusk’s comments were meant to indicate the release of more information from the government about the planned military training program.
Eisenberg was recently nominated for an Oscar for his film ‘A Real Pain,’ the story of two cousins who visit Poland in honor of their late grandmother, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor.
While Eisenberg fell short in the best Original Screenplay category, his co-star Kieran Culkin won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
After announcing he had applied for Polish citizenship, Eisenberg told TVP World: “The way I think about it is this: my family lived in Poland for hundreds of years.
“They lived in New York for about 80 years. And yet our lives in New York has been a blip, and our lives in Poland have been quite a long thing, so for me, it feels very natural that I should try to connect back to where we came from.”
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