Batman v Superman: Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor Has A Deeply Private Rage

We don't know a ton about Lex Luthor's role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice yet. We know he's some kind of catalyst for anti-Superman sentiment, a typical Luthor role, and that he has a hand in Doomsday's creation. But Jesse Eisenberg is more interested in the motivations of the character at the moment, and his emotional context.

"My part in the Superman movie, my character has a lot of longer dialogue scenes and emotional transitions," he told EW when comparing it to his role in Louder Than Bombs. "The character is just so interesting and full of all the contradictions that you look for when you do an independent movie. So it kind of seemed similar to me."

The actor said the script "rendered" the character of Lex Luthor "so incredibly well, full of interesting, contradictory, realistic elements that make a character wonderful."

"He has a kind of charming public persona, and then a deeply private rage. And this is not only interesting as an actor to play, but I would say more realistic to how extroverted people like this, who are kind of leaders of big organizations, probably feel," he explained. "Coloring in that framework is somebody who's also very clever and funny and emotional and vengeful."

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters March 25, 2016.