Why So Blu?

Irons yes, Eisenberg? I don't know. He'd have to be like he was in Social Network minus the OCD.

The Valeyard

I just saw this news posted at CBR. I am at a loss. I was looking forward to this movie but now... I just don't know. Are they just goofing around with this type of casting?

DJariya

Irons as Alfred is perfect.

But, Eisenburg? Seriously? WTF? So they are making Lex into a young snot nose douche bag.

HN

fumanstan

Yeah, I don't mind Eisenberg at all but he looks too young to be playing Lex against the rest of the cast. Irons is great.

stingermck

PenguinJoe

I like Jeremy Irons but Michael Gambon would be my choice Alfred.

Eisenberg as Lex Luthor I do not understand.

TomOpus

I like Eisenberg but this just seems so wrong. Someone on Twitter asked if Michael Cera will be Robin. That might not have been a joke.

redrum

he's going to definitely have to bulk up for the role

james2025a

Irons i find to be a hack actor these days. Eisenberg....the mind simply boggles.

I think that DC see Marvel making inspired casting choices that are sometimes left field, not obvious or celebrity actors and actually great actors who suit the role and bring gravitas to them, rather than bringing star power. This is one of the big reasons that Marvel continues to hold peoples interest. They care about attaching the right person to characters. DC it seems wants to emulate it, but does not know how to go about it the right way. Ledger as the Joker was in that vein as he was not a big name, he had an acting range and he was willing to give 100% to making the character interesting and his own. Gal Gadot simply seems all kinds of wrong for Wonder Woman (Jamie Alexander would have been perfect if she wasn't already in the Thor movies), Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern was all kinds of wrong....any movie with him in is box office poison, Ben Affleck i am reserving judgment on as i think he has the potential to make it interesting, but Eisenberg as Luthor is wrong. Any surprise from the way he plays the part is already wasted as this is an actor who always plays the same character in every movie, simply with a name change.

james2025a

Going off topic, but i actually really enjoyed Hannibal. I felt it kept faithful to the best parts of the book and eliminated the worst parts (i seem to recall Verger has a lesbian body building sister in the book....ooookkkk). As for red Dragon the movie, well i enjoyed Manhunter and felt that Red Dragon was timid, Hopkins looked really bad in it and it had none of the skill involved in Manns version. But each to their own.

The TV show is fantastic though.

TGM

DC's continued incompetence when it comes to their movies is astonishing.

superdeluxe

Should have been Phoenix for Luther

PenguinJoe

The must have seen Eisenberg's recent performance on Modern Family and thought, that's Lex Luthor.

Mr. Cinema

Someone on IMDB posted "We wanted Heisenberg, not Eisenberg!"

The Valeyard

bootsy

Intrigue and interested by this. I want to see how this plays out. I like how they didn't go for the obvious or popular choices.

Giantrobo

I don't care who's playing him, it's too damn early for Lex Luthor in the MoS series.

bootsy

It's never too early.

The Valeyard

As long as Lex is plotting another land scheme, I'm in.

fumanstan

Deftones

"Thank you for casting Jesse Eisenberg!" - Ben Affleck

Giantrobo

Nope. It's too early.

uberjoe

They're adding way too many extra characters to the new Batman movie.

Super X

Because they just didn't have the guts to cast Jonah Hill as Luthor. (Unless, of course, he gets to be Otis.)