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Jesse Eisenberg explains how Now You See Me influenced kidney donation plan

Jesse Eisenberg is donating a kidney

Jesse Eisenberg's decision to donate a kidney stemmed from an experience filming Now You See Me.

The 42-year-old actor recently announced he will be having one of his organs removed for transplant next month and he's now explained how overcoming his fear of heights to shoot a scene as J. Daniel Atlas in the 2013 film led to him conquering a fear of needles by becoming a blood donor, and the natural "next step" was to help someone else with the altruistic donation.

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