Caffeinated Clint
The first pic of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in “Batman v. Superman : Dawn of Justice” has been released.
According to director Zack Snyder, “He’s not any of the Lexes that you’ve seen, that’s for sure, other than him being a captain of industry and one person to the world and another person to himself. And bald, of course.”
Snyder adds that “Our Lex is disarming and he’s not fake. He says what he believes and he says what’s on his mind. If you can unravel the string and decipher what he means, it’s all there.”
I’d say if Eisenberg’s Luthor resembles any of the previous Luthor’s it’s Michael Rosenbaum’s incarnation on TV’s “Smallville”. Otherwise, Snyder is right, this is definitely a new breed of badass billionaire.
Meanwhile, Bad Ass Digest have what they believe to be the plot details up for the film. Interestingly enough, when the film begins Superman’s in bed with Luthor – so to speak.
In Batman v Superman Superman is no lackey of the government; if anything many of the world’s governments distrust the guy. But it is Superman who goes to Gotham and starts the confrontation… at the behest of Lex Luthor. And unlike The Dark Knight Returns, Superman comes out swinging, pulverizing the Batmobile with one punch. Why would Superman do Lex Luthor’s bidding? What is Lex hoping to accomplish? That would be spoiling. But know that when the fight is over, Batman will be able to point to Superman and say, “He started it!”
