Some people found Jesse Eisenberg to be a controversial choice to play iconic Superman villain Lex Luthor. But it seems that he’s really embraced the role. MTV recently talked to Jesse about what we can expect from his interpretation of the character and you can see what he had to say below.
“It’s a really great character. It was written by this guy, Chris Terrio. He’s a phenomenal writer. He comes from a place of character. He loves my character in the same way I love my character. He put a lot of work into it. It’s a great character. There’s an emotional core to character. It’s not a silly villainous character.”
When asked if his Lex Luthor would be different from Gene Hackman’s, Eisenberg had the following to say:
“No, it is an entirely different thing. Also, the tone of that movie is so different, like that movie wouldn’t be made now. Like the way we expect movies to be now is to have some kind of like, I mean, it’s for the best probably cause there’s some kind of more psychological accuracy. That the person is coming from a place probably diagnosable in some ways.”
You can check out the interview in the video below.
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” hits theaters on March 25, 2016.
