Jesse Eisenberg Cast as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred in Man of Steel Sequel
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Is Jeremy Irons a good actor? I can't not see him in his Dungeons and Dragons role. Or his Die Hard 3 role. Can he do subtle?
You know who can do subtle? Anthony Stewart Head. And he's also British. BRITISH!
Curly-haired zombie-rules kid? That's your Lex Luthor? Man, somebody really loved The Social Network.
Why are they trying to match Superman and Lex Luthor in age? I always pictured Lex as much older than Superman. Part of their conflict is Lex's savvy and experience versus Superman's more youthful optimism and positivity.
I tried to imagine Jesse Eisenberg bald and sticking out of a Superfriends-style power suit and just ended up laughing my head off.
Man, Jeff Bridges' Obadiah Stane from Iron Man would make a great Lex Luthor.
I think Zack Snyder is trying too hard to make his mark on the history of Superman.
--Morology!
Is Jeremy Irons a good actor? I can't not see him in his Dungeons and Dragons role. Or his Die Hard 3 role. Can he do subtle?
You know who can do subtle? Anthony Stewart Head. And he's also British. BRITISH!
Curly-haired zombie-rules kid? That's your Lex Luthor? Man, somebody really loved The Social Network.
Why are they trying to match Superman and Lex Luthor in age? I always pictured Lex as much older than Superman. Part of their conflict is Lex's savvy and experience versus Superman's more youthful optimism and positivity.
I tried to imagine Jesse Eisenberg bald and sticking out of a Superfriends-style power suit and just ended up laughing my head off.
Man, Jeff Bridges' Obadiah Stane from Iron Man would make a great Lex Luthor.
I think Zack Snyder is trying too hard to make his mark on the history of Superman.
--Morology!
Goes to show how much hair adds to your look; I'd never believe that was him. Hell, are you sure it is him?Ruisu said:
Holy shit, at first I thought that was Charlie Hunnam. If he looks like that bald he can certainly look pretty intimidating.Ruisu said:
I will admit, I've never read any Superman comics. Maybe some really old ones when I was a kid, but I can't even remember them. I've watched the latest movie (which was pretty good) and maybe one of the old ones with Christopher Reeves, also seen a bunch of episodes of Smallville (which I've enjoyed). So, with my limited knowledge of the Superman universe...
I think Jesse Eisenberg could work. Someone (probably on the Escapist) once described him as a genius, probably the smartest man in the world, and a brilliant and ruthless business man that hates Superman because no matter how much he tries, he can never become more powerful than him. Despite his intelligence, he will never be number one, 'cause Superman is the strongest man on earth. And I can definitely see Jesse Eisenberg playing that character. Intelligent, ruthless, bitter that he can never outshine Superman.
Jesse Eisenberg? The wiener opposite Woody Harrelson from Zombieland?
I can understand WB/DC Comics going into a different area with Lex Luthor but you have to make the villain intimidating. Jesse Eisenberg doesn't come off as intimidating.
Jeremy Irons as Alfred is OK, I guess. But we need to inform our actors and celebrities to keep their traps shut when they have no relevance or even a serious thought on a hot button topic.
You disappoint us, DC/WB. You disappoint us very much.
I can understand WB/DC Comics going into a different area with Lex Luthor but you have to make the villain intimidating. Jesse Eisenberg doesn't come off as intimidating.
Jeremy Irons as Alfred is OK, I guess. But we need to inform our actors and celebrities to keep their traps shut when they have no relevance or even a serious thought on a hot button topic.
You disappoint us, DC/WB. You disappoint us very much.
Actually while that performance is pure scene chewing ham and cheese, he actually is considered a good, maybe even great actor and has done subtle roles, even doing audio classic novels which doesn't get more low key.Ace Morologist said:
How Snyder will use him though? I can see the worry there with him led by Mr. SPARTAAAAAA!
Still, even as a smaller supporting role this piece of casting is the only to make some degree of sense so far as Eisenberg will more than likely just play Zuckerberg with a military contract. New take? Sure but not a good one if that's what they go with.
You who is also British? Jeremy Irons.Ace Morologist said:
Well this is...Interesting :') to say the least
I wonder what WB and DC have up there sleeve, they seem to be mixing up there characters a little, portraying them differently, it's the only reason they would hire Jesse, and now that i think back, Affleck as well.
Suppose Superman was shed in new light in Man Of Steel...ish. not completely but different from the other films about him.
Shoudl be interesting to see how this pans out...Next up Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Joker :')
I wonder what WB and DC have up there sleeve, they seem to be mixing up there characters a little, portraying them differently, it's the only reason they would hire Jesse, and now that i think back, Affleck as well.
Suppose Superman was shed in new light in Man Of Steel...ish. not completely but different from the other films about him.
Shoudl be interesting to see how this pans out...Next up Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Joker :')
So essentially what you're doing is having a go for someone having a diffrent opinion to you? (The thing you're criticising)Kumagawa Misogi said:
Did make me laugh when I watched it, if someone said that to me seriously in a conversation I wouldn't be able to stop myself laughing at them.
Ot: I liked eisenberg in zombieland, but not seen anything else with him in it. Let's hope he can keep is neck unsnaped until the end.
Well, this movie is shaping up to be interesting. Which is a shame considering we only know who the primary actors are and literally almost nothing else.
The interest comes from half the proposed cast being utterly talentless as actors, in a high profile sequel.
Man of Steel for me wasn't particularly bad or terribly good either. It was solid enough, and well acted at least.
Ben Affleck is a good director, at least people keep telling us this. I haven't seen any of his films, but I have seen many of his acting performances and they were fucking horrid.
Daredevil, Dogma, and pretty much every movie he was ever in prior to like 4 years ago has been bad. At least they make for entertaining Cinemasins videos.
Eisenberg could surprise us all though. It would certainly surprise me to see him perform in ANY way that deviates from his actual manner. He is exactly the same smug dbag in every role I've seen of his as he is in every interview I've seen on late night shows.
I didn't see the Facebook movie, because psuedo biographical stroke pieces don't interest me (like "Jobs") but I have seen "Now you see me" and it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen that seemed to actually take itself seriously.
He was in Zombieland too right? I certainly don't remember him, because even the little girl brought more to the movie than he did.
I am indifferent to who plays Alfred, and honestly to comic book movies in general. Irons at least is a great actor, though I think the last film of his I saw was "The Man in the Iron Mask" so I'm kinda surprised he is still alive to be honest.
The interest comes from half the proposed cast being utterly talentless as actors, in a high profile sequel.
Man of Steel for me wasn't particularly bad or terribly good either. It was solid enough, and well acted at least.
Ben Affleck is a good director, at least people keep telling us this. I haven't seen any of his films, but I have seen many of his acting performances and they were fucking horrid.
Daredevil, Dogma, and pretty much every movie he was ever in prior to like 4 years ago has been bad. At least they make for entertaining Cinemasins videos.
Eisenberg could surprise us all though. It would certainly surprise me to see him perform in ANY way that deviates from his actual manner. He is exactly the same smug dbag in every role I've seen of his as he is in every interview I've seen on late night shows.
I didn't see the Facebook movie, because psuedo biographical stroke pieces don't interest me (like "Jobs") but I have seen "Now you see me" and it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen that seemed to actually take itself seriously.
He was in Zombieland too right? I certainly don't remember him, because even the little girl brought more to the movie than he did.
I am indifferent to who plays Alfred, and honestly to comic book movies in general. Irons at least is a great actor, though I think the last film of his I saw was "The Man in the Iron Mask" so I'm kinda surprised he is still alive to be honest.
I don't really have a problem with Eisenberg as Lex, after seeing him The Social Network he showed he could play an immoral character who thinks he's better than anyone else and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Also I think it is interesting to see a possibly younger Lex with how so many younger people are ranking with the world's richest for their creations that were only possible in the new online world that they grew up in and internalized.
I love how anyone who is against homosexual marriage is automatically a horrible person.JenSeven said:
Let him have his opinion. It shouldn't have anything to do with whether or not he gets attention from the media.
Don't act so high and mighty.
You know Jeremy Irons is British too, right? His other roles include Scar from Lion King-oh, wait, you wanted subtle didn't you? Er, hang on...Henry IV in The Hollow Crown [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Crown_(TV_series)]! He was fantastic in that.Ace Morologist said:
As for Eisenberg, I can see him as Luthor. A sort of hyper whizzkid Luthor like he was in the Superboy comics.
Also, you guys saying he's too young, you should probably know he's about 30. Sounds about right to me, how old were you expecting?
I will say what I have kept saying, judgement of the casting choices mean nothing until we at the very least see a trailer, then we have a small something to go on.
I think Eisenberg is a good choice. Go and watch him in Now You See Me and that Facebook flick. He has a quirky superior intelligence about him, that's kind of perfect for a young Lex. I expect across the films DC might decide to age them, who knows. Whatever they do, it'll be interesting to see the trifecta of Lex and Wayne, as much as Batman and Superman, butting heads and personalities.
Jeremy Irons is a cool choice for Alfred too. He's a talented actor with excellent presence. This is a big role for him and I expect he'll be great in it.
Some might say this is DC playing catch up, but who cares. We all just wanna see a good entertaining film, putting comic picky stuff aside.
Jeremy Irons is a cool choice for Alfred too. He's a talented actor with excellent presence. This is a big role for him and I expect he'll be great in it.
Some might say this is DC playing catch up, but who cares. We all just wanna see a good entertaining film, putting comic picky stuff aside.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I'm still going to chuckle every time his nerdy, slightly squeaky voice says something intimidating. Along with Ben Affleck as Batman, this might turn out to be a "guilty pleasure" movie like those lauded on Jim Sterling's Movie Defense Force. That would certainly be a great change of pace from "gritty-sounding, tough-guy heroes versus psychotic, philosophical leaders."BlameTheWizards said: