Speaking in San Sebastian, the actor-turned-filmmaker also said he thought Jeremy Strong would be 'amazing' as Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning' Jesse Eisenberg‘s latest film “The Debut” came from the depths of his own experience in community theater. Speaking at the San Sebastian Film Festival in his typically comical and self-deprecating manner, the actor-turned-filmmaker elaborated on the autobiographical elements of the movie, in which Julianne Moore plays Mona Friedman, a New Jersey housewife who finds herself after joining a local musical production. And then I walked into this community theater when I was seven years old, and suddenly everybody was so nice and they hugged me.” He added: “Going from a kid who was made fun of in school because he had curly hair, and the kids would say anything to me… and then I walked into the community theater, and everybody’s like: ‘Your hair is amazing.
Come this way, you should play with me.'” Eisenberg picked out a particular scene that was taken out of his own “real pain,” when Moore’s character is shouted at by Paul Giamatti’s director. And after like five minutes, you’re screaming and crying, and then after that, you’re like, I can do anything. I can do anything on stage now because I’ve already embarrassed myself.
I’ve already gotten to the depths of my my my soul, and now I can do anything.” The scene, he said, came from “years of feeling forgotten and all the annoying stuff that artists feel that they burden the audiences with.” Perhaps predictably, Eisenberg was asked about choosing not to return as Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Network” sequel “The Social Reckoning,” with the role going to Jeremy Strong instead. But that has nothing to do with how great the movie is. The movie will be a great, great movie, and Jeremy Strong will be amazing in the movie.
I just didn’t feel like it’s something I wanted to do again.” On social media in general, Eisenberg says he has “no opinion” because “I stay as far away from it.” He added: “It’s ironic, because people associate me with this website, but they know way more about the website than I do, and I’d like to keep it that way.”
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