Jesse Eisenberg still wants nothing to do with Mark Zuckerberg, thanks for asking

“I love the script and I love Aaron Sorkin so much, and it was such an honor to be in the first movie, if you can call it the first movie, and, I just didn’t want to be associated with that guy again and go around and do a year of press, where I’m talking about something which I know nothing about, because I’m not on that platform as a user, and I’m not interested in that kind of technology as a person,” Eisenberg explained, before reiterating that he has nothing against The Social Reckoning (that he’s willing to share on the record, at least). “I just don’t want to be a representative of it. But, no, I’m sure the movie is wonderful.”

Eisenberg’s latest comments pretty much align with what he’s previously said about not wanting to be associated with Zuckerberg. In 2010’s The Social Network, Eisenberg played a young, hungry, arrogant Zuckerberg stuck in the middle of two lawsuits after Facebook’s creation. Despite Sorkin’s best efforts, Eisenberg refused to reprise the role for The Social Reckoning. So the role was recast, with Succession‘s Jeremy Strong taking over, even though he bears no physical resemblance to the tech billionaire (though he clearly studied Zuckerberg’s voice and mannerisms in preparation). The movie is currently tanking at the box office. Eisenberg is self-aware enough to know some people may automatically assume he’s deeply entrenched in the tech world, but he wants to make it clear he’s far from it. “I look like somebody who probably spends the day sitting in front of a computer or a television, but I really don’t,” he told Deadline.