Eisenberg famously played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg <\/a>in the film, earning him a Best Actor nomination. However, although writer Aaron Sorkin confirmed that The Social Reckoning<\/a> is in the works, Eisenberg opted not to reprise his role.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been some reporting that you passed on the sequel. Why?\u201d Craig Melvin<\/a> asked the actor and director on the Today<\/a> show<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, I was in Paris. And I had some tools and I figured there was a way to make a little more of a statement at the Louvre,\u201d Eisenberg quipped, referencing the recent jewel heist at the Louvre <\/a>museum in Paris.<\/p>\n NBC<\/p>\n Craig Melvin and Jesse Eisenberg laugh on the ‘Today’ show.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n Melvin laughed off Eisenberg\u2019s response, saying, \u201cI see what you did there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI see what you did there,\u201d Eisenberg countered. \u201cWe both are playing chess.\u201d<\/p>\n The two men then had a back and forth, with Melvin telling Eisenberg, \u201cYour turn.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYour turn! My turn?\u201d Eisenberg asked, seemingly confused. \u201cWhat do you have coming out this month?\u201d<\/p>\n Melvin continued to laugh at Eisenberg\u2019s responses before getting back to the point, asking, \u201cThe Social Network, why would you say no to a sequel of that?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cListen, for reasons that have nothing to do with how amazing that movie will be, really, truthfully,\u201d Eisenberg said. \u201cBut when you play a character, you feel, you know, at some point you\u2019ve grown into something else.\u201d<\/p>\n Melvin asked, \u201cYou\u2019ve outgrown it?\u201d To which Eisenberg replied, \u201cYeah, something. But it\u2019s a really wonderful movie. I\u2019m friends with Aaron Sorkin who wrote and is directing this movie and all of the reasons that I am not in it are completely unrelated to how brilliant it will be.\u201d<\/p>\n Columbia\/Kobal\/Shutterstock <\/p>\n Jesse Eisenberg plays Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network.’<\/p>\n Succession star Jeremy Strong is taking over<\/a> the role from Eisenberg.<\/p>\n Though he didn\u2019t directly share his reason for opting out of the project, Eisenberg has recently been outspoken against Zuckerberg. In February, the Real Pain actor spoke out against the tech billionaire during a BBC Radio 4 Today interview<\/a>, noting, \u201cI don\u2019t want to think of myself as associated with somebody like that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s like this guy is… doing things that are problematic, taking away fact-checking,\u201d Eisenberg added of Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta policies. “[There are] safety concerns. Making people who are already threatened in the world more threatened.”<\/p>\n Zuckerberg himself recently spoke out against the original film during an interview in March.<\/p>\n \u201cThey got all these very specific details of what I was wearing, or these specific things correct, but then the whole narrative arc around my motivations and all this stuff were like, completely wrong,\u201d the Meta CEO said on The Colin and Samir Show <\/a>podcast.<\/p>\n![\"NBC](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8f36318a7b39f8eafa2eaa26c03d6d7b.jpeg\"\/)
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