BvS Jesse Eisenberg IS Lex Luthor - Part 9

[superboy13]

what should we call Terrio supporters like Eisenberg? Terrioists?

Terrioformed?

 

[Da-Scribe]

what should we call Terrio supporters like Eisenberg? Terrioists?

I'd imagine auto-correct might land a lot of them on a government watch list.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

Terrioites. The ites never get a break

 

[King23DC]

I'm just so pumped unlike many for Eisenberg as Lex. He just makes sense as a modern form of the character. I got immediately what they were going for ... he's unlikable in real life and on film. A know it all, manipulative, insidious dweeb with a god complex. But extremely intelligent. Basically an evil and un cool version of Tony Stark. Great visual and thematic counter point to Superman and Batman.

 

[Clark-Kent]

I'm just so pumped unlike many for Eisenberg as Lex. He just makes sense as a modern form of the character. I got immediately what they were going for ... he's unlikable in real life and on film. A know it all, manipulative, insidious dweeb with a god complex. But extremely intelligent. Basically an evil and un cool version of Tony Stark. Great visual and thematic counter point to Superman and Batman.

I find him quite amusing and likable in interviews. I do think he will play the intellectual corporate younger Lex well though. He has that wit to him, and the capacity to play someone with questionable intentions

 

[King23DC]

I find him quite amusing and likable in interviews. I do think he will play the intellectual corporate younger Lex well though. He has that wit to him, and the capacity to play someone with questionable intentions

You serious? He comes off regularly as a pretentious and condescending Dork-Bag. Those comments about fans at the panel during comic con? That isn't a warped sense of humor. Then back pedaled like a coward.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

He's pretty nice and a bit shy in most of the interviews I've seen him in. I like him as a person too unlike some people.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

You serious? He comes off regularly as a pretentious and condescending Dork-Bag. Those comments about fans at the panel during comic con? That isn't a warped sense of humor. Then back pedaled like a coward.

Some people pick up on his sense of humor and some people don't. You are in the latter category unfortunately. Be a glass half full person and you can change that

 

[Silly Cat]

I think Jesse is just uncomfortable giving interviews (not every actor is good at it) and so that's why he tends to come across as awkward and unlikable sometimes.

He tries to make jokes but they tend to either fall flat or backfire...the 'genocide' comment which even he admitted was a stupid thing to say and later apologized for it (I didn't know apologizing for a bad joke was considered to be 'cowardly' ) but that doesn't mean Eisenberg is a jerk in real life...people are too quick to call him that when they know nothing of how he is in his private life.

I think some people just want to hate on him for some reason, the amount of venom Jesse sometimes get's is rather ridiculous since he hasn't done anything to warrant such hatred. He didn't cheat on his wife, make racist comments, or beat up his girlfriend...yet people often act as though he did all three.

I think he's just not comfortable around crowds of people, and probably doesn't much like to do interviews, but hey, he's human (not everyone is a people person) I think he's a great actor and I am really looking forward to seeing him as Lex Luthor.

I have a feeling he's going to become my favorite Luthor yet.

 

[Silliminite]

He's pretty nice and a bit shy in most of the interviews I've seen him in. I like him as a person too unlike some people.

Same here. He's shy and pretty uncomfortable too in most interviews I've seen of him, but I still enjoy watching them.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

I think Jesse is just uncomfortable giving interviews (not every actor is good at it) and so that's why he tends to come across as awkward and unlikable sometimes.

He tries to make jokes but they tend to either fall flat or backfire...the 'genocide' comment which even he admitted was a stupid thing to say and later apologized for it (I didn't know apologizing for a bad joke was considered to be 'cowardly' ) but that doesn't mean Eisenberg is a jerk in real life...people are too quick to call him that when they know nothing of how he is in his private life.

I think some people just want to hate on him for some reason, the amount of venom Jesse sometimes get's is rather ridiculous since he hasn't done anything to warrant such hatred. He didn't cheat on his wife, make racist comments, or beat up his girlfriend...yet people often act as though he did all three.

I think he's just not comfortable around crowds of people, and probably doesn't much like to do interviews, but hey, he's human (not everyone is a people person) I think he's a great actor and I am really looking forward to seeing him as Lex Luthor.

I have a feeling he's going to become my favorite Luthor yet.

Well said.

Same here. He's shy and pretty uncomfortable too in most interviews I've seen of him, but I still enjoy watching them.

The interviews he's had with Richard Ayoade for The Double and Kristen Stewart for American Ultra are pretty fun to watch. The guy is pretty nice and funny. He's just extremely introverted.

 

[Silliminite]

Well said.



The interviews he's had with Richard Ayoade for The Double and Kristen Stewart for American Ultra are pretty fun to watch. The guy is pretty nice and funny. He's just extremely introverted.

Which interview are you talking about here?

Edit: I guess you're talking about the interviews he's done with them during promotion, in general, as opposed to any one specific interview?

Btw, here's a tantalizing interview with Jesse and Ayoade BEFORE Eisenberg was cast as Luthor. You can sense him just holding it all in.

[YT]MHPJ2fTKLNE[/YT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHPJ2fTKLNE

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Which interview are you talking about here?

Edit: I guess you're talking about the interviews he's done with them during promotion, in general, as opposed to any one specific interview?

Btw, here's a tantalizing interview with Jesse and Ayoade BEFORE Eisenberg was cast as Luthor. You can sense him just holding it all in.

[YT]MHPJ2fTKLNE[/YT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHPJ2fTKLNE

Haha, yea, just most of their American Ultra promo interviews were great.

And yea I saw that interview with Ayoade. I love it! He was visually panicking a bit when the interviewer brought up Lex Luthor.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Jesse on Colbert in the hour.

 

[Silliminite]

I enjoyed that interview with Colbert. He mentioned staying in character is something he likes, since he can then not be nervous anymore. One example he gave about staying in character was being "mean", surely referring to Luthor, heh.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

Hope you guys like it.

looks better full screen though http://oi59.tinypic.com/htw4s0.jpg

 

[Clark-Kent]

Haha the reflection is sweet I would love a shot like this in the actual film.

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

Jesse talks Lex.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/jesse-eisenberg-on-stalking-and-stoners.html#

For his newest role as Lex Luthor in next year's Batman v. Superman, he read comic books to prepare, but hadn't read them much beforehand, something he thinks was probably for the best or he might have become the “obsequious comic book fan” who was “too excited to stop smiling” while filming. Nonetheless he was happy to have a lot of material to work with.

“There is this trove of stuff about this guy. A lot of it's repetitive, like he always winds up on the roof of his building giving some faux benevolent talk about how he's going to change the city,” he explained. “It's fun to take that campy cartoony stuff and try to put it into a real person and try to reconcile the two.”

Eisenberg also insisted his Luthor would be very different from Gene Hackman's classic portrayal in the Christopher Reeve films, noting that “this movie is so different ... it has real psychological underpinnings, and this movie character feels like a real scary person.”

But don’t be mistaken, Eisenberg claims he doesn’t have a lot going on himself.

 

[Silly Cat]

Why do I get the sense that Jesse is just DYING to talk about Lex? t:

His hands are tied so he can't really say anything right now...but everything he's said seems to indicate that he had an absolute blast playing the character.

I also think people give him too much flack for not being a comic book fan...which I honestly think can be a good thing. I think we as fans can sometimes get too used to putting these characters in certain 'boxes' and sometimes it takes a fresh pair of eyes untouched by 30 plus years of publishing to bring something new to the table.

I mean if Heath Ledger had been a big comic fan would he have had the stones to give us the interpretation of the Joker that he did? Maybe, maybe not...but sometimes being unburdened by tradition is a good thing, and sometimes it backfires, but in the long run it keeps these characters from stagnating.

 

[Micromind]

Why do I get the sense that Jesse is just DYING to talk about Lex? t:

His hands are tied so he can't really say anything right now...but everything he's said seems to indicate that he had an absolute blast playing the character.

Agreed.

 

[KillerWolf]

He's just dying to let the world know that he's engaged to Chris Terrio.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Jesse talks Lex.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/jesse-eisenberg-on-stalking-and-stoners.html#

"...it has real psychological underpinnings, and this movie character feels like a real scary person.”

Certainty got a creepy vibe from that "The Red Capes are coming," line in the Comic Con trialer.

 

[Last Of Krypton]

This sounds like the Lex from Lex Luthor:Man Of Steel. The appearance of a righteous no-nonsense businessman in front of the public. Very compassionate towards his employees.

but a corrupt and calculating criminal behind close doors.

 

[Charlatan]

Luthor Bio on Fortune

 

[rockandrollsoul]

Luthor Bio on Fortune

Whoa! So much to speculate about... It certainly sounds like whatever "product" Lex is developing is the big threat the trinity will unite against.

Also, cue the wild fanboy theories that Lex Luthor Sr. is the REAL Lex (played by Mark Strong, of course) and Eisenberg's Luthor Jr. will have his neck snapped by Superman, thus igniting the TRUE Lex's hatred for the Man of Steel.