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they had Jesse Eisenberg wear the exact same hoodie that he wore.
This overstates what Zuckerberg said. He said the film used shirts and fleeces he had actually worn, while a costume-department source says they could not find the exact sweatshirt and recreated it.
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The post says the filmmakers had Jesse Eisenberg wear "the exact same hoodie" Mark Zuckerberg wore. But the source statement from Zuckerberg was broader and different: he said "Every shirt and fleece worn by the actor, Jesse Eisenberg, who played him in the movie was one that he had actually worn"—that is, the wardrobe matched items he had owned/worn, not necessarily the exact physical hoodie.
There is also direct reporting from someone in the film's costume department saying they couldn't find the exact sweatshirt for The Social Network and had it recreated instead. That directly contradicts the claim that Eisenberg wore the exact same hoodie.
So the sentence is inaccurate because it turns a claim about wardrobe authenticity into a stronger claim about using the exact original hoodie, which available sources do not support and in fact contradict.
2 sources
- Mark Zuckerberg: "The Social Network" Got My Shirts and Fleeces Right - CBS News
"Every shirt and fleece worn by the actor, Jesse Eisenberg, who played him in the movie was one that he had actually worn," Zuckerberg said.
- Perfectly Pressed, Or Perfectly Bloody: Local Pros Costume Hollywood Stars | Massachusetts Film Office
The buyers hit local vintage stores and Goodwills to search for ... those iconic sweatshirts Mark Zuckerberg's character wore in "The Social Network." ... "But they couldn't find the exact sweatshirt, so Johnson asked her tailor to recreate them."