The star of "A Real Pain" shared a special thank you to his ex Emma Stone and her husband, whose company helped produce the film, while accepting the win for Best Supporting Actor.

Emma Stone is nothing if not extremely persuasive. Kieran Culkin just won best supporting male actor at the Golden Globes for his role in A Real Pain, but none of this would have happened if it weren't for his longtime pal Emma — director Jesse Eisenberg has just revealed.

Soon after, Culkin won for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture, for his role as Benji Kaplan in A Real Pain. Accepting the award, he said the Globes had become his favorite "date night" with wife Jazz Charton.

As I enter a junket hotel room in Soho to meet Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, I waste no time in telling the pair how beautiful I found their new film, A Real Pain. It takes place across Poland, and offers up some of the most unexpectedly stunning location shots I've seen on a cinema screen for a long time.

Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture on Jan. 5, Culkin stars alongside the film's director and writer Jessie Eisenberg. Culkin and Eisenberg play Benji and David Kaplan,

"A Real Pain" director Jesse Eisenberg talks casting his Golden Globes Award-winning co-star, Kieran Culkin. The film begins streaming Jan 16 on Hulu.