Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen was mostly unfazed watching Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison play a character named after her in The Social Reckoning, except for one thing: the wrist warmers.
In Aaron Sorkin’s new thriller, the fictional Haugen — who, like her nonfictional counterpart, leaks thousands of documents to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz — habitually dons the accessories. It’s a character quirk that reflects real life, where they’re a way to deal with the effects of a vasoconstrictive disorder. “I’ve figured out lots of ways to minimize how much of an obstruction this is,” she tells The Verge in an interview. “But having to watch myself wear wrist warmers for two hours, I came out of it being like, ‘Oh my god, this is really disruptive. Like, how have I successfully not thought about this for like seven years?’” With The Social Reckoning appearing in theaters Friday, Haugen hopes Meta’s CEO might watch it and have a similar moment of recognition with his own counterpart: a callous, robotic character played by Jeremy Strong. “I hope Mark Zuckerberg watches the movie and has as much of a knee-jerk emotional response as I had on that regarding, ‘Do I really want to live this life anymore?’”
Strong’s version of Zuckerberg has become sick of taking criticism for content moderation and fact-checking decisions as he prepares for congressional testimony, and waves off...
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