Aaron Sorkin on vetting Jeremy Strong for the role of Mark Zuckerberg in new film about Facebook

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Aaron Sorkin wrote the 2010 film “The Social Network,” telling the origin story of Facebook. In the film, Jesse Eisenberg famously portrayed Mark Zuckerberg — 16 years later, he turned down the opportunity to portray the Meta CEO again in Sorkin’s second Facebook saga, “The Social Reckoning.”

“Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be conflated with Mark Zuckerberg. He doesn’t like the guy,” Sorkin s…

Aaron Sorkin wrote the 2010 film “The Social Network,” telling the origin story of Facebook. In the film, Jesse Eisenberg famously portrayed Mark Zuckerberg — 16 years later, he turned down the opportunity to portray the Meta CEO again in Sorkin’s second Facebook saga, “The Social Reckoning.”

“Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be conflated with Mark Zuckerberg. He doesn’t like the guy,” Sorkin s…

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