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Jesse Eisenberg Hints He May Not Be Playing Lex Luthor Again

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19391)
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When Jesse Eisenberg was asked about returning to the role of Lex Luthor in future DCEU movies, he seemed doubtful that he will be coming back any time soon. Eisenberg played Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. Luthor orchestrated the conflict between the titular heroes in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and he returned for a brief post-credits scene in Justice League in what appeared to be a setup for a villain team that would oppose the League in the next movie.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was panned by critics for many reasons, but Eisenberg's unconventional take on Lex Luthor was commonly cited as one of the biggest problems with the film. The cold and calculating villain from the Superman comics was replaced by someone more akin to the Joker. The version of Luthor that appeared in the Justice League post-credits sequence was much closer to his comic book counterpart, but a lot of damage had already been done to the DCEU's reputation, some of which wasn't Eisenberg's fault, so there were doubts that he would be returning to the role in the future.

[–] furiousstyles (4359) 5 years ago

I think its far to say the DCEU is dead in the water and will be casually rebooted

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16135) 4 years ago

I hated his version anyway.

[–] ReelReviews14 (1029) 4 years ago

That gives me flashbacks to when it was leaked that Jesse Eisenberg would be playing Lex Luthor and most of us rightfully reacted with "WTF?! That is HORRIBLE casting, he's gonna suck so much", but a bunch of fanboys went ballistic that we DARED criticize that decision and started with the "C'mon, give him a chance!!! You're sooooo judgemental!!! You guys all said Heath Ledger would suck toooo and he turned out to be awesome so you're NOT ALLOWED to comment on casting choices ANYMORE!!!" They even photoshopped Jesse Eisenberg to look like a badass bald-headed tough-guy Lex Luthor to "prove" he could play the role.

Of course, when the movie actually came out and Eisenberg looked NOTHING like that and sucked in the role JUST like we predicted, they all ran off and hid.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

The consequences will never be the same.