Jesse Eisenberg Talks Comic-Con and BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Jesse Eisenberg Talks Comic-Con and BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

The next Lex Luthor speaks on his Comic-Con gaffe and Chris Terrio's approach to both the character in Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, and the film in general. Find out what the American Ultra actor had to say after the jump...

By Ignition - Sep 15, 2015 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: The Observer

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, The End of the Tour) found himself in a bit of hot water after comparing the sensory overload of an experience like Comic-Con to what he imagined being a target in a genocide physically feels like. In an interview with The Observer, he apologizes for hurting some people's feelings and talks about his role as Lex Luthor in the massively-anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

"Listen, the responsibility is on me to keep my guard up when discussing something that is going to be parsed. I'm not new to it, but I should be savvier. The truth of the matter is I had a wonderful experience at Comic-Con because people loved the movie that I was in. In my attempt to make a dumb, self-deprecating joke I maybe hurt people's feelings and that's wrong... whether or not people had a sense of humor is another story."

Eisenberg later spoke more in general about the spotlight that comes with being an actor and being a part of a massive franchise like Superman or Batman. "There's this two-pronged pressure that I feel. You do so many interviews and there's this tacit request to be honest and open and yet then there's this simultaneous flogging of a person who says things, says things that are 1 percent off center."

Speaking on his role as the villanous Lex Luthor, Eisenberg mentions that "in a lot of ways, Luthor is more of a stretch than any character you would do in an independent movie, which is normally the place you stretch. So in that way it was not at all compromised. If anything, it was the best, most advantageous role I've ever been given... it's because the opportunity to do an interesting character on a movie of that scale is incredibly rare. The character is written by the phenomenal writer Chris Terrio. His background is not in comic books, so he was coming at it from emotion and story and created this really wonderful character, as enigmatic as he is emotionally honest."

Comic book movies have changed since the days of Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor. As a successful playwright and having recently authored his first book, Eisenberg enthusiastically buys in to the changes and Terrio's overall approach. "Now people expect the tone to be more realistic just because we live in a world where the average audience member has a sense of psychological motivations... [it raises the question] how can one man - Superman - have so much power? These are the kind of things that we talk about when we think about authoritarian states, when we talk about Vladimir Putin having a strong foothold in Eastern Europe.  They're addressing geopolitics in this movie and not in a way that's pretentious or esoteric. Terrio cleverly ties in these really exciting superhero elements with these really sophisticated, philosophical themes in a much smarter, different way. That's what I like to do with my writing: to have these very sophisticated debates happen on very basic levels."

Six months until Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.




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ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/15/2015, 4:36 PM
I'm gonna start this thread off with something positive for once..

I think he'll make a great Lex Luthor.

Okay bye.
NELLOGISTICS
NELLOGISTICS - 9/15/2015, 4:38 PM
It's just rarely exceptional in most movie cases, but to take real world perspective and philosophies and twist those thematics into some sort of allegory for those larger-than-life, comic emblems is quite wondrous and provoking. I encourage it
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 9/15/2015, 4:40 PM
Can't wait for their interpretation.
Kyos
Kyos - 9/15/2015, 4:40 PM
Still not sold on this casting choice, but what he says about the movie and the writing sounds promising!
RocketRed
RocketRed - 9/15/2015, 4:42 PM
In before the first MCU troll!
RocketRed
RocketRed - 9/15/2015, 4:43 PM
Aw, dammit.
GreenLantern519
GreenLantern519 - 9/15/2015, 4:45 PM
I love everything he's saying about the character and Chris Terrio's handling of the story. I'm still skeptical of his ability to be a good Lex though.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 9/15/2015, 4:58 PM
Why on Earth does people think Lex would like to go to SDCC, a place to worship superheroes? That's like hell on Earth for Lex Luthor.

I mean it's on fitting Jesse wouldn't enjoy it since he's Lex.

@DrunkenNukem

Fincher wouldn't do a superhero film. He finds them "dull"

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=107744
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 9/15/2015, 5:00 PM
@ALmazing

How bout we wait to see how it is in the movie?

TheRanger
TheRanger - 9/15/2015, 5:07 PM
@HurricanXavier

Who cares if you don't like him? He's a Hollywood celebrity who's [frick]ing hot chicks on a weekly basis. I hate Chris Evans and RDJ and there's nothing I can do about it either so tough shit.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 9/15/2015, 5:12 PM
@TheParkRanger

I hate Chris Evans and RDJ and there's nothing I can do about it either so tough shit.

Yes hate people who did nothing wrong to you in life and aren't douchebags.

[frick]ing hell I don't think I've seen anything more pathetic in my life. Anyone who hates an actor on here whether they are in the DCCU, the MCU, or even on [frick]ing Fox films is a waste of a life considering they did nothing to you.
TheRanger
TheRanger - 9/15/2015, 5:19 PM
@LEVITIKUZ

You're taking the internet a little bit too seriously.
TheRanger
TheRanger - 9/15/2015, 5:20 PM
Okay let me rephrase I hate marvel fanboys

Now criticize me.
dckizzle
dckizzle - 9/15/2015, 5:40 PM
He will transform into a great evil lex
gamecreatorjj
gamecreatorjj - 9/15/2015, 6:16 PM
I love how much praise Eisenberg always gives Terrio, it really makes you realize how different this movie would be if Goyer had written it. Bringing on Ben Affleck remains to be the smartest decision WB have made for the DCEU.
DerekLake
DerekLake - 9/15/2015, 6:40 PM
Awesome stuff. Sounds like this movie's going to be very, very layered. But enough with interviews. GIVE ME THE MOVIE
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/15/2015, 6:44 PM
Cannot wait for this, he's going to own the role

TheRanger
TheRanger - 9/15/2015, 6:46 PM
I feel like nobody on this site is capable of understanding a joke so [frick] it. I'm done
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 9/15/2015, 7:03 PM
Yep, he'll own the role. Very excited.
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 9/15/2015, 7:11 PM
@EricBorder - And yet you're the one falsely reporting people... go figure. That doesn't bode very well with CBM guidelines now, does it?



Hmmmm...

You got quite the trigger finger there, buddy.
DerekLake
DerekLake - 9/15/2015, 7:25 PM
"They're addressing geopolitics in this movie and not in a way that's pretentious or esoteric."

I like this. It will be very interesting to see how BvS and Civil War deal with this sort of this. Seems like BvS is dealing more with accountability in terms of the use of power, while Civil War is dealing with accountability in terms of enforcement.
RaisedFisT
RaisedFisT - 9/15/2015, 7:27 PM
Dude seems like a full blown douche. And unfortunately I think thats gonna make for a sniveling little douchebag Lex Luthor onscreen.
Spyder
Spyder - 9/15/2015, 7:31 PM
"His background is not in comic books, so he was coming at it from emotion and story and created this really wonderful character, as enigmatic as he is emotionally honest."

This bugged me a little. I think comic book writers can absolutely have that approach on characters that they write as well.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 9/15/2015, 7:46 PM
I just want to know if in the movie they will pronounce his name like it's spelled or not. It's not that hard to say Luthor over Luther, yet so many people do. Just think of the Norse Mythology Thor and and say that when you say Luthor. He thinks of himself as a god and his name even has it in it. So I don't understand why so many people pronounce him as Luther Instead.

On another topic, can we officially say David Goyer isn't a part of the DCEU anymore? When was the last time anyone working on this film brought his name up? All I hear is Chris made a great script and not David. So hopefully that's the case, because if so maybe Martian Manhunter will be in the Justice League after all. I can't see anyone having a problem if the team is eight instead of seven. Then for Justice League 2 you can bring in Captain Marvel, Hawkman & Green Arrow.
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