Mikey Madison discusses playing Frances Haugen in Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning

Left · 2Mikey Madison, who won the Best Actress Oscar for "Anora", has given interviews about "The Social Reckoning", her first film role since that win. 1 2 Left · 1The film, written by Aaron Sorkin, is a follow-up to David Fincher's "The Social Network", which Sorkin also wrote. 1 Left · 1Madison plays Frances Haugen, the former Facebook engineer turned whistleblower who facilitated the 2021 leak of internal Meta documents; Jeremy Allen White plays Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, who works alongside her. 1

Left · 1Madison told IndieWire she wanted a more restrained, internal role after the big emotions of "Anora", and that choosing her first post-Oscar project stressed her out; she also said she was drawn to Haugen's moral integrity, having been in a "pocket" of morally gray characters. 1 Left · 1She said she expected a big physical transformation, since Haugen is blonde, blue-eyed and older, but Sorkin firmly did not want that; she also read Haugen's memoir to prepare, which she said drew an "Ugh" from Sorkin. 1 Left · 1Madison said Haugen has seen the film and is, in her view, quite happy with it. 1

Left · 1On working with Sorkin, she described his dialogue as precise and dense, said every period and comma is intentional, and said she sometimes felt she was fighting her instincts. 1 Left · 1CBS News carried a "CBS Mornings" segment in which Madison talks about the film, social media and working with Sorkin. 2