Jesse Eisenberg became famous for his role as Mark Zuckerberg in the movie “The Social Network.” So, on Wednesday morning, “The View” host Joy Behar took a moment to humorously ask the actor to confirm that the tech figure isn’t actually a robot.
For the record, Behar wasn’t just randomly wondering. This topic came up because cohost Sunny Hostin pointed out to Eisenberg that David Fincher, who directed the film, has previously admitted that he and Aaron Sorkin, the film’s screenwriter, have discussed a possible sequel.
The ABC host joked that she’s always “looking for tea,” and promptly asked Eisenberg if he’d be open to playing Zuckerberg again. However, the actor had no information on the idea, and really, he doubts it himself.
“I don’t know anything,” he said. “They typically don’t do sequels to movies that, you know, don’t have robots or explosions in them, so I can’t imagine there’d be a sequel to this.”
Behar interjected, “Are you saying Mark Zuckerberg is not a robot?” immediately after.
The punchline earned a solid laugh from the audience, and a bit of shock and respect from Eisenberg himself, who said Behar’s joke was “the best response you could’ve given me.”
For what it’s worth, though, in the conversations Fincher had about a possible sequel to the 2010 film, he noted that it would be “a can of worms.”
“The View” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.
