He first did it with his breakout role as Mark Zuckerberg in 2010's The Social Network. Eisenberg elevated his loathsome yet brilliant character's cunning intelligence, con-man tendencies and algorithmic obsessions, while conveying an innocent awkwardness that made viewers still hope for Zuckerberg's success and maybe even somewhat understanding of why he screwed over the people who were good to him in the process.
"Vincent’s a hustler, and he’s a liar, and he’s all these things that actors love to play," Eisenberg told Newsweek during a recent phone interview."He’s dealing with this very serious existential crisis. This character is greedy, and he’s a liar, and he’s immoral, but he’s also really desperate. He’s desperate to succeed. He’s a second-generation Russian immigrant, and he feels like he has to work the system in order to succeed.
Read on for more of Newsweek's full interview with Eisenberg. The Hummingbird Project premieres in theaters across the U.S. on Friday. Vincent receives some devastating news in the midst of his and Anton's project, but he's desperate to keep it a secret. Why is that?
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