Before the movie, many of its stars were waiting for their big break. Since the release, a handful of the actors have launched into Hollywood superstardom.
1. Jesse Eisenberg
Before his Sorkin stint as famed Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse was a little known actor that appeared in a variety of lower budget films including Adventureland and Zombieland. Since the Facebook movie, Jesse has hosted Saturday Night Live, and has four movies coming out in 2011.
2. Rooney Mara
This doe-eyed brunette got her start acting on TV shows like Law and Order: SVU. From there, she did a few episodes of ER, and then played Nancy Holbrook in the critically acclaimed Nightmare on Elm Street (just kidding.) In The Social Network, Mara plays Erica Albright, a Boston University student that dated the Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg. The infamous opening scene at a Cambridge, MA bar got the attention of Director David Fincher. After months of auditioning A list actresses, Fincher decided to cast Mara as the lead female in the film adaptation of the wildly popular book series, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. The movie has created a TON of buzz, and I have a feeling Rooney Mara will be booking way more jobs after its release.
3. Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield is a British actor who received his big break in the 2010 movie, Never Let Me Go, starring Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley. This jump started his on screen career, and landed him the coveted role of Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network. The movie made him a buzz-worthy actor. Because of this, Garfield was recently named the "new" web slinger himself, Spiderman. The Amazing Spiderman is set to hit theatres in 2012. If Andrew Garfield works that spidey-suit right, he could be Hollywood's newest "it" man.
Checkout theater goers first reaction to The Social Network.
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