BATMAN vs SUPERMAN - Eisenberg Explains Why He’s Playing Lex Luthor

BATMAN vs SUPERMAN -  Eisenberg Explains Why He’s Playing Lex Luthor

In a Interview with MTV's Craig Flaster , Jessie Eisenberg explains why he may not walk the streets again due to him being cast as one of the biggest villain's in comic book history. Hit the Jump to find out more.....

By Brainiac13 - May 19, 2014 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman vs. Superman
Source: MTV.com
The character is, luckily, a really great character,” Eisenberg said told MTV News’ “Actors can sometimes find really cool things in characters that aren’t written well. This character is written really well.
Eisenberg was asked about the attention he'll receive for a big blockbuster role, like Luthor?
For a movie like ‘The Double or ‘Night Moves,’ arguably me doing interviews for it is much more important for it than doing an interview for Batman, because there’s not that much money for posters,” Eisenberg explained, “Whereas for Batman, if I was in a coma after it was filmed… So i don’t really see it as that different."
Jessie also explains that he is not an attention seeker like Luthor. “You’re just exposed to more people, so walking down the street is more annoying,” Eisenberg added. That said, the Oscar nominee also thinks that blockbusters are important for an actor’s career. “It’s important to be in those big things,” Eisenberg continued. “I happen to want to do this movie because the character is awesome, but it’s also important to be in those for some kind of longevity.”

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Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/19/2014, 2:39 PM
@BatfleckReturns

I really hope he looks like that.
Bearjew
Bearjew - 5/19/2014, 2:39 PM
He's gonna be great
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/19/2014, 2:42 PM
oooh man uuuuhhh

I really don't understand why hes still getting little boy haircuts at what 31?
youre not a teenybopper anymore man
you don't wanna be like Mathew Broderick getting that kid haircut well into his 50s

time to start cutting it short mate
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 5/19/2014, 2:42 PM
Nice find!
SoundWave
SoundWave - 5/19/2014, 2:43 PM
Only if he will shave his head bold.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/19/2014, 2:44 PM
@MrBlackJack

Thanks.

This was the one I sent you......I was busy earlier.
Talontd
Talontd - 5/19/2014, 2:45 PM
I was soooo disappointed with The Double, I was hoping for a glimpse of what he'll be bringing to Lex Luthor, but the film was atrocious.

Still VERY excited for what he will do with the road, just wish I had stopped going through his films at Now You See Me...
cosmicman
cosmicman - 5/19/2014, 2:47 PM
he's not going to be bald! haha!
PunkRockJesus
PunkRockJesus - 5/19/2014, 2:48 PM


Pedrito
Pedrito - 5/19/2014, 2:48 PM
When Jesse talks about BvS it sounds a lot like Glenn Close talking about GOTG. Extremely disinterested. "Yea, I'm doing it cuz I have to". And when he says the character is awesome it sounds forced.

Oh well. At least Ben Affleck is an actual fan of the material.
write33
write33 - 5/19/2014, 2:52 PM
@Nomis

you know, you ask a good question, but i think that's exactly why he was cast...because he is able to project that sort of intellectual superiority / arrogance in the face of someone who could snap his neck. ..(and yes as a lifelong Superman fan, I very much this movie to work even though it looks like Superman guest-starring in his his own sequel..)
KINGPEN266FBA
KINGPEN266FBA - 5/19/2014, 2:52 PM
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 5/19/2014, 2:54 PM
Well that was a whole lot of nothing.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 5/19/2014, 2:55 PM
Hes smart and hell do a great job. Haters gonna hate.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/19/2014, 2:57 PM
KINGPEN266FBA
KINGPEN266FBA - 5/19/2014, 2:57 PM
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/19/2014, 2:59 PM
@Nomis

That's one of my issues as well.

Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/19/2014, 3:01 PM
He starts filming next month.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 5/19/2014, 3:09 PM
because he got paid a lot of money
TheBuoyWonder
TheBuoyWonder - 5/19/2014, 3:10 PM
Is just me that finds it odd that he calls the movie "batman"?
mbembet
mbembet - 5/19/2014, 3:14 PM
i really cannot wait to see ben affleck kicks the crap out of man of shit!
write33
write33 - 5/19/2014, 3:17 PM
@Nomis

exactly, we're on the same page.......I so hope that part of how Lex goes after Superman is to attack his sense of failed responsibility (e.g. the destruction / death it took to stop Zod) and that the first movie didn't happen in a vacuum. Somehow to tie that in with Bruce Wayne taking an interest (Rebuild Metropolis? or is that too obvious a story angle to introduce him?)....... I can see how the sequel leverages Lex & Bruce while building off Man of Steel 1; but I'll feel much better when we get some official story details! (e.g. like Nukem said, SDCC)
Klone
Klone - 5/19/2014, 3:27 PM
Why the [frick] would he not be bald?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/19/2014, 3:28 PM
I hope he proves me wrong. Still not happy with him being cast.
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