‘I’m so excited’: Jesse Eisenberg is donating a kidney to a stranger

‘It’s essentially risk-free and so needed’ … Jesse Eisenberg. Photograph: Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty Images

Jesse Eisenberg has revealed that he is donating a kidney to a stranger next month. The actor and director told NBC’s Today that he was “donating my kidney in six weeks” but wasn’t entirely sure of his motivation.

“I don’t know why,” he said. “I got bitten by the blood donation bug. I’m doing an altruistic donation [in] mid-December. I’m so excited to do it.”