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While Aaron Sorkin is revisiting nan godfather of Facebook, Jesse Eisenberg has moved connected from playing Mark Zuckerberg aft much than 15 years.
Following their collaboration connected The Social Network (2010), which recounted Zuckerberg’s creation of nan societal platform, Sorkin admitted he tried for 3 days to get Eisenberg to reprise his Oscar-nominated capacity successful The Social Reckoning, which premieres Oct. 9 successful theaters.
“I felt for illustration it belonged to him, and he was surely battle-tested,” he told Vanity Fair of Eisenberg.
“He simply did not want to beryllium conflated pinch Mark Zuckerberg anymore, that he has his problems pinch nan guy,” added Sorkin. “He doesn’t for illustration kids coming up to him successful airports pinch business cards that opportunity ‘I’m CEO, bitch’ for him to sign.”
Fortunately for Sorkin, who first told Eisenberg he had a book for nan sequel astatine 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, he met Jeremy Strong astatine nan aforesaid event, who told nan Oscar-winning screenwriter that he’d beryllium willing successful playing Zuckerberg if Eisenberg wasn’t.
Strong was attached to nan role successful July 2025, and Sorkin noted he conscionable “followed his lead” successful making nan sequel. “He showed up connected his first day, and erstwhile he said ‘good morning’ to me, he was already talking for illustration Mark,” said Sorkin.
In The Social Reckoning, Facebook technologist Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) goes to Wall Street Journal newsman Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) pinch nan societal media platform’s astir guarded secrets. Bill Burr, Wunmi Mosaku, Billy Magnussen and Betty Gilpin besides star.
