One of the most intense method actors of his generation is reportedly the top choice to play Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network 2

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Succession star Jeremy Strong is reportedly the top choice to play Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network Part II

Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy in Succession
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Jeremy Strong is known as one of the most intense method actors working today, and that's apparently the exact energy Aaron Sorkin is seeking for The Social Network Part II, as Deadline reports that Strong is the frontrunner to take the role of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the film.

Strong gained fame as the volatile and self-immolating Kendall Roy in HBO's smash hit drama Succession. Other members of the cast and crew have reported that Strong remained deeply in character while in production on the show, even off camera. Strong himself has acknowledged his in-depth acting style.

Rather than playing catch-up on the intervening years between the founding of Facebook, shown in the Social Network, and a modern setting, The Social Network Part II is said to focus specifically on The Wall Street Journal's 2021 exposé by Jeff Horowitz which led to congressional hearings over the information disclosed in the article.

George Marston
George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)

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