Jesse Eisenberg has reservations regarding Mark Zuckerberg.

In a recent talk with BBC Radio 4, the 41-year-old actor from “A Real Pain” stated that he wishes to separate himself from the Meta founder, whom he portrayed in the 2010 movie “The Social Network.”

Eisenberg voiced his criticism of Zuckerberg’s recent choices at Facebook, specifically his move to discontinue the U.S. fact-checking initiative.

“I haven’t been keeping track of (Zuckerberg’s) journey, partly because I don’t want to be connected to someone like that,” he mentioned.

The actor noted that he is “worried” about the Meta leader taking actions that are “problematic,” like “removing fact-checking,” and claimed he is “putting those who are already vulnerable at even greater risk.”

“These individuals have amassed billions upon billions of dollars, more wealth than anyone has ever had, and what are they doing with it?” Eisenberg questioned. “They’re using it to gain favor with people spreading hate.”

“I view this not as someone who portrayed (Zuckerberg) in a film,” he continued. “I think of it as a husband to a woman who teaches disability justice in New York, and I care about how her students will be affected this year.”

Zuckerberg, who was among notable CEOs at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, recently declared a shift in Meta’s strategy, opting to eliminate fact-checkers in the U.S. and adopt a community notes model like X. He argues this change aims to enhance “free expression on our platforms,” claiming that recent elections marked a “cultural tipping point.”

“The Social Network” chronicles Zuckerberg’s establishment of Facebook while he was at Harvard and the subsequent legal disputes with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss over the inception of the idea. The film garnered eight Academy Award nominations, including a best actor nod for Eisenberg, winning best adapted screenplay.

Zuckerberg has criticized the film and argued that it inaccurately represented him.

“They took special care in the movie to get some factual details right, like the office layout, but regarding the main story, they fabricated many elements that I found quite hurtful,” he said during a 2014 town hall, emphasizing that the film invented a narrative suggesting he created Facebook to attract women.

During an NPR interview last month, Eisenberg reflected on portraying Zuckerberg, viewing him as someone whose “ambition outweighs their caution in a way that can be very risky,” suggesting that the CEO’s recent choices reflect that tendency.

“I feel a bit sad,” he remarked. “Why is this the direction (he’s) going?”

Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter of “The Social Network,” has also critiqued Zuckerberg in the years following the film’s debut. In a 2019 essay for The New York Times, he condemned the Meta chief for permitting “falsehoods that have very real and incredibly harmful consequences for our elections and our lives and the lives of our children” on Facebook.

Sorkin also addressed Zuckerberg’s previous claims about the film’s inaccuracies, stating, “you and I both know that the screenplay was meticulously reviewed by a team of studio lawyers with one primary focus: to avoid being sued by Mark Zuckerberg.”

Contributing: Arienne Thompson