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 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".

Jesse Eisenberg said he "just wanted to be in a room" with Mark Zuckerberg before filming "The Social Network."

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.

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.