Jesse Eisenberg is leaving his turn as Mark Zuckerberg in the past.

Eisenberg, who played the Facebook CEO in the David Fincher-directed film The Social Network , surprised fans when it was reported in June that a sequel was in the works , but Eisenberg wasn’t coming back to play its lead.

During a Thursday appearance on the Today show, the Now You See Me: Now You Don’t star was asked why he wouldn’t return for the second film, The Social Reckoning . “Listen, for reasons that have nothing to do with how amazing that movie will be, really, truthfully,” Eisenberg said. “But when you play a character, you feel, at some point, you’ve grown into something else.”

Jesse Eisenberg is leaving his turn as Mark Zuckerberg in the past.

Eisenberg, who played the Facebook CEO in th

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