Los Angeles: Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin said he never thought Jesse Eisenberg would refuse to reprise his role as Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Reckoning”.
Eisenberg essayed the role of a Facebook founder in the 2010 release “Facebook”, which had a script by Sorkin, but the actor didn’t accept the offer to reprise the role in the sequel to the film.
“I knew what the studio was offering him to do it, but money does not motivate Jesse. It is infuriating…If anything, money is a disincentive for him. It’s admirable. He’s very concerned about raising his kids with too much money,” he told Entertainment Weekly in an interview.
When I told him, ‘I’m gonna be sending you something in a couple of weeks.’ And he smiled and nodded, and I sent it to him. It never occurred to me that he wouldn’t wanna do it,” the filmmaker added.
Billed as a “companion piece” to “The Social Network”, the film is set nearly two decades after Zuckerberg and his fellow programmers launched the platform that would go on to dominate global communication.
“The Social Reckoning” centres on Frances Haugen (Madison), a Facebook engineer-turned-whistleblower, who joins hands with journalist Jeff Horwitz (White) to expose the company’s damaging practices
The film, which was a critical and commercial triumph, received eight Academy Award nominations, including best picture. It won three Oscars, with Sorkin taking home the prize for best adapted screenplay.
“The Social Reckoning” will feature Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen, and Jeremy Allen White as Jeff Horwitz, among others.
PTI