Actor-director Jesse Eisenberg, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival as the recipient of this year’s President’s Award, spoke about not reprising his role as Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming “The Social Reckoning,” the sequel to David Fincher’s 2010 drama “The Social Network.”
During an in-conversation event, the actor was asked if he felt any “responsibility” for changing the image of the technology mogul through his performance in Fincher’s drama chronicling the origins of Facebook. Eisenberg responded to the question by stating he doesn’t want to reprise the role as he no longer wants “to be associated” with Zuckerberg. “Succession” star Jeremy Strong stepped into the role of Zuckerberg for Sorkin’s upcoming film. Best actress Oscar-winner for “Anora” Mikey Madison plays young Facebook engineer Frances Haugen, who blows the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets to a Wall Street Journal reporter, played by “The Bear” lead Jeremy Allen White.
Eisenberg then recalled first being attached to the film, saying he made an audition tape alongside his young sister and then got a call to meet with the film team in California. “I think they were having trouble finding the person to play the part or something,” he said. “It’s a very strange kind of role.”
