“I mean, all of it. Saying yes, you know, the risk involved… massive amount of research… starting with your early All Things Digital interviews and the early Face of Facebook New Yorker profile”

Aaron Sorkin · On with Kara Swisher · Aaron Sorkin and Jeremy Strong on Zuckerberg’s Power and Facebook’s “Reckoning”

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conducted extensive research by reviewing early All Things Digital interviews, the original New Yorker profile, and other historical sources to build a detailed understanding of Mark Zuckerberg for the script

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