Portia Doubleday Opens The Social Reckoning as Kaylee

Portia Doubleday opens Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning as Kaylee, a driver pulled over on the roadside in a chapter titled "White Girl Wasted."

The film is now playing in theatres, according to Variety. It is a follow-up to the 2010 film The Social Network about the earliest days of Facebook. Variety published a feature on Doubleday and the role on 10 October.

Doubleday plays a motorist who has pulled over, as described by The Hollywood Reporter. Two police officers approach her during the stop. They are played by Sierra Capri and Michael Braugher, according to Variety.

Kaylee does not keep the encounter private. She broadcasts it live to subscribers of an online channel called "Voice of Reason." The story then takes a hard turn. Kaylee later joins the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The wider film moves beyond Kaylee. Mikey Madison plays Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, meaning someone who spoke out about wrongdoing inside an organisation. That thread sits alongside Kaylee's story in Sorkin's account of Facebook's later years.

Doubleday is known to television viewers as a conflicted employee at E Corp in the US cable drama Mr. Robot. Her work on The Social Reckoning puts her at the start of the film. The first chapter belongs to Kaylee.

What makes this stand out for people buying a ticket is the entry point. The film does not begin in a boardroom. It begins on the shoulder of a road, with a phone streaming.