Kevin Spacey Shares His Thoughts On Jesse Eisenberg As Lex Luthor In BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN

Kevin Spacey Shares His Thoughts On Jesse Eisenberg As Lex Luthor In BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN

Of all the complaints made about Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, it's rare that you ever see anyone criticising Kevin Spacey's take on Lex Luthor. Now, the House of Cards star shares his thoughts on Jesse Eisenberg taking on the role in Batman Vs. Superman!

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By JoshWilding - Feb 27, 2014 04:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman Returns
Source: Empire Online


Not everyone was overly pleased with Warner Bros. and Zack Snyder's decision to choose The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor for 2016's Batman Vs. Superman, but now another actor who has played the character shares his thoughts on the controversial casting decision. In an interview with Empire Magazine, Kevin Space had this today say in their latest issue. "First of all, I think [Jesse Eisenberg] is a remarkable actor. He's just going to [frick]ing own it. I think it's a great idea and I wish him the best with it." However, it sounds as if we shouldn't expect to see Spacey taking on another comic book movie role any time soon, as he added: "But now I want to explore different terrain. I wrote Woody Allen a letter last year, saying I'd be keen to do something with him. And he wrote back, very charmingly, so I'm on the list now! I set him up with a Netflix subscription too, but I don't know if he's used it. So, yeah, it would be great if that happened. I'm going to write to Scorsese. There are a lot of directors I need to get letters out to..."

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DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 4:31 AM
Lex is giving Superman the deadly green pipe...
dckizzle
dckizzle - 2/27/2014, 4:36 AM
A lot of positive vibes about Jesse now
SuperCat
SuperCat - 2/27/2014, 4:41 AM
Spacey was a great choice for Lex. Just didn't care for the movie.
pepe
pepe - 2/27/2014, 4:43 AM
I had a strange dream of Eisenberg and Grif getting wild together... My first morning wood...
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 4:44 AM
He played a great Lex. And to be honest, no famous actor is going to come out to say anything blatantly negative about Jesse playing Lex. It would do more harm than good for the sake of their careers. You can post any actors thoughts on the decision, but they won't be honest about their feelings until the movie is done and over with...Hopefully Jesse can change some minds with his performance. If he sucks, people will say, "I knew it all along but didn't admit it." If he's great, people will say, "I knew he'd be great! I told you!"
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 4:55 AM
Brandon Routh was a better Superman than Henry Cavill will ever be...
loki668
loki668 - 2/27/2014, 4:56 AM
This just in: Grif is currently traveling the world, learning the deadliest martial arts in the world. He's learning to use theatricality and deception to appear to be more than a man, to be a symbol. Unfortunately, he has no interest in altruism and could give a [frick] about humanity, he's doing this so that he can hunt down and eliminate Jesse Eisenberg.
MrReese
MrReese - 2/27/2014, 4:56 AM
I [frick]in love this guy! 1st movie I saw him in was American Beauty.Such a great ack-tor. :)
MrReese
MrReese - 2/27/2014, 4:57 AM
Anybody here watch House of Cards? I heard he's good in it.
MrReese
MrReese - 2/27/2014, 4:59 AM
"Brandon Routh was a better Superman than Henry Cavill will ever be..."
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 5:01 AM
If only Snyder could have directed Spacey and Routh together......THAT would have been magic
Pasto
Pasto - 2/27/2014, 5:02 AM
Spacey is a phenomenal actor, liked him as Lex, hated that Bryan Singer directed it.
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 5:03 AM
Henry Cavill's hairline is already throwing in the towel. He's 6'1 and he had a bulky body with a skinny neck. Just looked kinda weird. Plus his acting ability is nowhere near that of Routh's
batmanvsuperman
batmanvsuperman - 2/27/2014, 5:14 AM
Henry was a awesome superman and will be good too stop hating all y'all life's clowns
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 5:14 AM
If Routh had proper direction and better lines, he'd kill as Superman in MoS
Rheynger
Rheynger - 2/27/2014, 5:17 AM
A couple of you are tards......
Henry cavill is the best superman. Hands down.
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 5:18 AM
All Routh would need to do is bulk up just a bit more. His costume was kind of wack, but he should be the MoS we're looking at today...
Rheynger
Rheynger - 2/27/2014, 5:20 AM
Yeah did you see dylon dog? He can't act his way out of a paper bag....
batz11
batz11 - 2/27/2014, 5:23 AM
Wonder what grif thinks...
Kyos
Kyos - 2/27/2014, 5:24 AM
In a serious, fresh Superman movie Spacey could have been a great, great Lex. Sadly they decided to cast him in the wannabe-Donner-sequel. Hackman's Lex is one of my least favourite incarnations of the character.

DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 5:25 AM
Under the same circumstances, he'd kill the performance just a bit more than Cavill would..
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 2/27/2014, 5:25 AM
Didn't care for Spacey as Lex.
Pasto
Pasto - 2/27/2014, 5:29 AM
Definition of 'Circle hits/gets the square': When someone answers a question correctly or says something that you especially agree with. May be referred to as 'And circle gets the square', or 'And circle hits the square.'

I personally favor the latter.

This is for those of you who haven't been quite understanding what I've been saying.
whoa123
whoa123 - 2/27/2014, 5:30 AM
A Scorsese/Spacey team-up? Hell yes to that!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 2/27/2014, 5:30 AM
LOL @ MrReese

Ditto!
DVonShakari
DVonShakari - 2/27/2014, 5:33 AM
Routh was best and Spacey was almost as good as Hackman playing Lex
Prime
Prime - 2/27/2014, 5:38 AM
Cavill is awesome and actually looks like Supes. Stop berating shit.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 2/27/2014, 5:39 AM
He would've been the best Luthor if they just made Returns a reboot.

I love Gene Hackman, but it's about time we see the modern age Lex on the big screen.

And no, Mark Zuckerberg doesn't count.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 2/27/2014, 5:43 AM
Routh was a terrible Superman and Spacey was a terrible Lex. Superman Returns, as a whole, was crap!

^^^^
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