‘It was weird, man’: Zuckerberg took Facebook employees to see ‘The Social Network’ when it came out

In Brief Mark Zuckerberg may not be the most likable figure in Silicon Valley, but we can empathize with him on this: it would feel really weird if someone made a movie about your life. On YouTubers Colin and Samir’s podcast, Zuckerberg spoke about the one and only time he saw “The Social Network.” “It was weird, man,” he said. “They got all these very specific details of what I was wearing, or these specific things correct, but then the whole narrative arc around my motivations and all this stuff were like, completely wrong.” The fifteen-year-old movie only came up in conversation because Zuckerberg was wearing a t-shirt that Jesse Eisenberg wore when portraying the young founder on screen — Zuckerberg later bought the t-shirt at an auction. Although Zuckerberg used to be known for wearing plain grey t-shirts, he’s since paid a lot more attention to his style, so it’s likely that his t-shirt choice was not an accident. Zuckerberg said that he knew his employees would be curious t ... Read full article.