Jesse Eisenberg Comments on Harvard

Yesterday night, Jesse Eisenberg (who stars as Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network") paid a visit to The Thirsty Scholar, a Somerville pub that is featured prominently in the movie. When we got the chance to sit down with him, we asked how he thought Harvard might have affected Zuckerberg. Here's what he said:

“The environment of Harvard is important to the character of Zuckerberg. As someone who got a 1600 on his SATs, he came to Harvard and was placed in a situation where everyone got a 1600 on his or her SATs. It is part of an environment where everyone is really impressive, and this helped motivate his drive to create something spectacular.”

Then, before he could say another word, he was whisked away by his publicists, who told us that Eisenberg had other press engagements for the the day and would be at the screening at the Harvard Film Archive before catching a flight to New York in preparation for the movie's official premiere at the New York Film Festival.

Photo by Matthew E. Warshauer/The Harvard Crimson.