Actor Jesse Eisenberg will be donating one of his kidneys to a stranger, the movie star announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Eisenberg announced his intention to donate one of his kidneys on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday<\/a>\u201d, where he was praised by co-host Craig Melvin for being a fan of blood drives.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah that\u2019s true,\u201d Eisenberg said.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m actually donating my kidney in six weeks. I really am… I\u2019m so excited to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor, who is known for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in \u201cThe Social Network<\/a>\u201a\u201d said in a separate interview on TODAY.com<\/a> it\u2019s a \u201cno brainer\u201d to donate his kidney.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s essentially risk-free and so needed,\u201d Eisenberg said. \u201cI think people will realize that it\u2019s a no-brainer, if you have the time and the inclination.\u201d<\/p>\n The 42-year-old is starring in \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t,\u201d the third film in the \u201cNow You See Me\u201d series. The film is scheduled for release on Nov. 14. and also features Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman and Mark Ruffalo.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Jesse Eisenberg will be donating one of his kidneys to a stranger, the movie star announced on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69,80709],"class_list":["post-113203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tonys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}