The Aporia · ‘The Social Reckoning’ Director Aaron Sorkin Insists “Immersive” Actor Jeremy Strong is “Not A Nut”: “I Don’t Think It’s The Way He Likes To Work. I Think It’s The Only Way He Knows How To”

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‘The Social Reckoning’ Director Aaron Sorkin Insists “Immersive” Actor Jeremy Strong is “Not A Nut”: “I Don’t Think It’s The Way He Likes To Work. I Think It’s The Only Way He Knows How To”. (2026, October 26). New York Post. https://decider.com/2026/10/26/the-social-reckoning-director-aaron-sorkin-jeremy-strong/

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At the 2026 New Yorker Festival, Aaron Sorkin discussed Jeremy Strong's intense acting method while filming "The Social Reckoning." Sorkin described Strong as an immersive actor who portrayed Mark Zuckerberg exclusively in character throughout filming and even communicated with Sorkin as Zuckerberg post-production. Despite this approach, Sorkin defended Strong, saying it is the only way he knows how to act rather than being eccentric or unreasonable.

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Director Aaron Sorkin defended actor Jeremy Strong's unique acting method during a discussion at the 2026 New Yorker Festival on October 25. While filming The Social Reckoning, Strong portrayed Mark Zuckerberg in an "immersive" style, where he spoke and acted entirely as the character from day one of shooting until his last scene. Sorkin, who directed the film and was a witness to this approach, emphasized that despite Strong's intense method acting, it is not out of eccentricity but rather a deeply ingrained technique learned from actors like Daniel Day-Lewis. According to Sorkin, Strong only switched back to speaking in his own voice after wrapping up all his scenes on the last day of shooting.

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Aaron Sorkin was witness to Jeremy Strong‘s “immersive” acting style while shooting The Social Reckoning. asserted

Sorkin → shoot → Reckoning

In the writer and director’s recent follow-up to The Social Network, the Succession actor takes over the role of Mark Zuckerberg from Jesse Eisenberg. asserted

actor → take → Eisenberg

While speaking with The New Yorker staff editor Tyler Foggatt at the 2026 New Yorker Festival on Sunday (Oct. 25), Sorkin described Strong as “a very immersive actor.” asserted

Sorkin → speak → actor

“He’s not a nut. asserted

He → ’ → ?

He’s not crazy,” Sorkin insisted. asserted

Sorkin → ’ → ?

“He, of course, understands when he’s making a movie that he’s making a movie. asserted

he → understand → movie

He sees the crew and the cameras and everything. asserted

He → see → crew

He just—he is a guy who studied at the knee of Daniel Day-Lewis for several years after studying at Yale. asserted

who → study → Yale

And I—I don’t think it’s the way he likes to work. asserted

he → think → ?

I think it’s the only way he knows how to. asserted

he → think → ?

I think it’s the only way he knows how to do it.” asserted

he → think → it

Specifically, Sorkin said that from his very first day on set—which was “about a week or two into shooting”—he “only heard” Strong “speak as” Zuckerberg, “using Mark’s voice, walking as Mark, [and] dressed as Mark.” asserted

Strong → say → Mark

“It wasn’t until his last day of shooting, after his last shot, I called cut, checked the gate, and he just walked right up to me and in his own voice said, ‘If I had been playing Jeff [Horowitz], I’d have been defending Jeff,'” he added. asserted

he → call → Jeff

Sorkin also confirmed what Strong had told The New Yorker Editor David Remnick on The New Yorker Radio Hour, that Strong would send him emails as the Facebook founder. asserted

Strong → confirm → founder

“Yes, he would send me emails all the time defending a particular position of Mark’s,” he shared. asserted

he → send → Mark

However, Sorkin experienced even more of Strong’s acting approach about “a month or two” after wrapping The Social Reckoning. asserted

Sorkin → experience → Reckoning

He received a call from Strong, who was shooting The Boys from Brazil, in which he plays a “Polish Nazi-hunter.” asserted

he → receive → hunter

“He called me a month or two after we wrapped just to tell me, ‘If you look at the third take on this setup, I think I was better than’— that kind of thing. asserted

I → call → thing

But without any introduction, without any preamble, he was talking to me as a Polish Nazi-hunter,” he recalled, as the audience laughed. asserted

audience → talk → hunter

“I was just supposed to understand. asserted

I → suppose → ?

He has a wife and a couple of young kids at home, and I don’t know what life is like.” The Social Reckoning is in theaters now. asserted

Reckoning → have → theaters

‘The Social Reckoning’ Director Aaron Sorkin Insists “Immersive” Actor Jeremy Strong is “Not A Nut”: “I Don’t Think It’s The Way He Likes To Work. I Think It’s The Only Way He Knows How To”

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