Jesse Eisenberg portrayed Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film “The Social Network,” so it made sense to him that he should meet the Facebook founder in person as he was preparing for the role.

The newly minted Oscar nominee for the screenplay of 'A Real Pain' looks back on 2010's 'The Social Network' and weighs in on Mark Zuckerberg's controversial recent activities.

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

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 has opened about facing major hinderance while preparing his Oscar nominated role in The Social Network.The 41-year-old played Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010. He made up

Jesse Eisenberg might have played Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, but that doesn't mean he went easy on him when asked about his opinion of the tech mogul. The American actor had an insightful answer when TV host and comedian Bill Maher asked him what he made of those who are now known as 'tech bros'.

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

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”

Not every actor gets the chance to meet the real person they are playing, but when Jessie Eisenberg was filming the 2010 Facebook drama The Social Network, he was told not to meet the website’s creator Mark Zuckerberg.

Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who once portrayed Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, says he thinks the tech billionaire should focus on improving the world instead of inserting himself into politics.