Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg in 2010’s The Social Network, says he wanted to meet the Facebook founder for research, but producers advised against it because of “a variety of legal reasons”.

Maher then cheekily pointed out that Eisenberg had played not just Zuckerberg, but also Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman, asking if his portrayal of the “tech bro” supervillain archetype came from personal feelings.

Jesse Eisenberg thinks the rich tech bro billionaires of the world are focused on the wrong things.

Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg in 2010's "The Social Network", says he wanted to meet the Facebook founder for research, but producers advised against it because of "a variety of legal reasons".

The Oscar-nominated writer (he's a finalist for his semi-autobiographical original screenplay about a transformative trip to Poland) and actor (2010's 'The Social Network') talks to THR about his life and career.

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The Social Network' hit theaters a decade and a half ago. Here's what we know about a potential sequel. The Social Network debuted in theaters back on October 1, 2010, and it made its young cast members A-listers.

The Academy Award-nominated actor said that he wanted to meet the tech giant as part of research but was warned against the same by the film’s producers due to “a variety of legal reasons”

There’s a feeling that I get sometimes while watching a new movie that basically boils down to: This should have come out a couple of years sooner. It’s been happening more and more, probably due to the rapidly shifting nature of modern culture and technology that has only grown exponentially over time,

The pair book onto a tour conducted by Oxford-educated, non-Jewish guide James (Will Sharpe). They’re joined by Marcia, a freshly divorced “lady who lunches” (Jennifer Grey), retired middle-class couple Mark and Diane (Liza Sadowy and Daniel Oreskes) and Ologe (Kurt Egyiawan), a survivor of the Rwandan genocide.

Jesse Eisenberg's Best Actor Oscar nod came for David Fincher's biopic on Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network.