Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning (read our review here) got off to a rough start at the box office with only $5.5 million for its domestic opening. Among the many people who chose to ignore the film’s theatrical debut is Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg in 2010’s The Social Network. During an interview about his new film, The Debut, Eisenberg opened up about Sorkin’s follow-up Facebook film and Mark Strong’s portrayal of Zuckerberg.
Jesse Eisenberg Has “A Thousand Million Thoughts”
“I haven’t seen the movie yet. It just came out… I have a thousand million thoughts about the movie,” Eisenberg told Deadline.
“I love the script and I love Aaron Sorkin so much, and it was such an honor to be in the first movie, if you can call it the first movie, and, I just didn’t want to be associated with that guy again and go around and do a year of press, where I’m talking about something which I know nothing about, because I’m not on that platform as a user, and I’m not interested in that kind of technology as a person. I just don’t want to be a representative of it. But, no, I’m sure the movie is wonderful.”
Aaron Sorkin Was “Surprised” by the Rejection
Earlier this month, Sorkin spoke with Entertainment Weekly about Eisenberg’s decision not to reprise his iconic role as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning. According to Sorkin, he was surprised that Eisenberg was uninterested in the part. “It never occurred to me that he wouldn’t want to do it,” Sorkin admitted.
Sorkin also spoke with Vanity Fair about Eisenberg not being on board for The Social Reckoning, saying, “I knew what the studio was offering him to do it, but money does not motivate Jesse. It’s infuriating. If anything, money is a disincentive for him. It’s admirable. He’s very concerned about raising his kids with too much money.”
What Is The Social Reckoning About?
Here’s the official logline for The Social Reckoning:
“A companion piece to the hit film, The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.”
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