Jesse Eisenberg is LEX LUTHOR!!! :snoop:

[Czerka]

I don't get that. In every incarnation of Lex Luthor on the big and small screen the guy has never been physically imposing.
Hackman and Spacey looked every second of their middle-agedness in the Superman movies.
Dude on Smallville is taller than Eisenberg but they share the same sleight physique.
Lex on Lois and clark looked like your average suburban father of 3.
The cartoon Lex may have looked physically imposing but that was more about the stock way that all the male characters in those shows were drawn than about lex being jacked.
And in the comics Lex has fluctuated between skinny, old, fat and average.

Yeah whatever you think about smallville. michael rosenbaum killed it as lex. Probably what they're going for with jesse

 

[klutch2381]

Man, even with a good cast this movie would suck. Zack Snyder is NOT talented enough to pull of what they're asking. They should've gotten Ridley Scott or someone.

 

[duncanthetall]

Luthor is supposed to be appealing and look like a really good guy at face value, a guy you would always vote for, a person you would really like, a charismatic and fantastic speaker, a person who you could see becoming The President one day, whilst behind closed doors is an intimidating and ruthless man with no moral conscience who has a presence and swag.

Lex isn't some nerdy, snarky techno geek loner Zuckerberg type

Luthor is this





Can you really see Michael Cera telling someone like The Joker what to do with it coming across as convincing and threatening, fukk no

Breh, please don't say anything when Eisenberg comes out and murrrders this shyt. I don't wanna hear NOTHIN

 

[Jello Biafra]

I honestly feel that Luthor's physical stature is a pretty big part of the character much like it would be for anyone else IRL, but he REALLY takes care of his body. Tells you something about a man, breh.

Physically fit Luthor is one aspect of the character that has been played up by some writers in recent times but that is not the only or even most widely used version:

 

[duncanthetall]

Anyways, is Lex even the main villain in this?

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

i dont think eisenberg has the acting range to pull this off. if he ruins lex luthor's character then it's for the rest of his career from me.

 

[prophecypro]

Back in October, Total Film asked a bunch of actors during promo interviews who they liked more Superman or Batman in anticipation for the film. Check out how quick the PR guy was to shut down any questions about Lex during Jesse Eisenberg's interview

 

[Big Blue]

Affleck as Batman
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman
Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor :damnfloyd:

The only reason I'm not giving up total hope is Zack Snyder. But it's not looking good brehs

 

[Jax]

I can't stand Jeremy Irons, his style is always the same.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Anyways, is Lex even the main villain in this?

Not sure, there was that one rumor that lex was in the background and Metallo was the main villain.

And I am thinking they might make Lex more like an evil version of Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark. Maybe even give Eisenberg some lifts for his shoes like they do RDJ so he doesn't look so tiny next to the other actors.

 

[duncanthetall]

Physically fit Luthor is one aspect of the character that has been played up by some writers in recent times but that is not the only or even most widely used version:

I don't read much DC for real and I'm more of a Marvel fan in terms of the comics anyways, but I've never heard of a fat Luthor. Doesn't even seem right lol. Is that book good?

 

[Big Blue]

We wanted Heisenberg and we get Eisenberg.

 

[Jazzy B.]

We wanted Heisenberg and we get Eisenberg.

 

[duncanthetall]

Back in October, Total Film asked a bunch of actors during promo interviews who they liked more Superman or Batman in anticipation for the film. Check out how quick the PR guy was to shut down any questions about Lex during Jesse Eisenberg's interview

I'm gonna be honest, I think dude looks the part. So much.

 

[Trojan 24]

I don't get that. In every incarnation of Lex Luthor on the big and small screen the guy has never been physically imposing.
Hackman and Spacey looked every second of their middle-agedness in the Superman movies.
Dude on Smallville is taller than Eisenberg but they share the same sleight physique.
Lex on Lois and clark looked like your average suburban father of 3.
The cartoon Lex may have looked physically imposing but that was more about the stock way that all the male characters in those shows were drawn than about lex being jacked.
And in the comics Lex has fluctuated between skinny, old, fat and average.

Honestly, you're right. Portrayals of Lex are inconsistent. But I was hoping for All Star Superman type Lex