While attending the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, Jesse Eisenberg spoke about playing the role of Lex Luthor in Batman vs. Superman where he says he would be open to returning to the role.
Eisenberg first told the crowd about his response to reactions to him playing Lex Luthor in the DCEU.
āI felt very personal about it.The writer, Chris Terrio, is a very serious writer, and heās a very emotional person. He thought a lot about my character, and I thought a lot about my character too. I talked with my acting coach about the character a lot, about his backstory with his father and his emotional lifeāand then people hate me.ā
Jesse Eisenberg returning to Lex Luthor role āwould be a pleasant shockā
Deadline caught up with Eisenberg at the event where he noted he wouldnāt rule out a return to the DC universe or even the Marvel Cinematic Universe if asked.
āIād be shocked if I wound up in a DC movie, but it would be a pleasant shock. Listen, Iām not a comic book fan. To me, it was not playing a role that Iād envisioned since childhood. To me, it was a chance to play this great character that this great writer wrote, and I loved doing that. So, to play it is a joy, and to not play it isnāt something that Iām going to be ashamed to tell my kids about, because that is not an important genre in my life, even though I loved doing that movie.ā So he would still do a superhero movie? āYeah. Because as an actor, you do all kinds of different things, and sometimes great roles show up in really commercial things and sometimes terrible roles show up in independent films.ā
Eisenberg also showed up in the Justice League post-credit where he has a chat with Joe Manganielloās Deathstroke telling him he can help him with Batman as his real name is Bruce Wayne, and itās thought the scene was setting up the Injustice League, a team of DC villains that would have been featured in sequels.
The plan was also to have Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke be the villain of Ben Affleckās Batman movie, but all that has since been scrapped.
