Not since Ben Affleck was cast as Batman has there been more outrage about a comic book movie casting on Twitter. Shortly after Warner Bros. announced that Jesse Eisenberg had been cast as Lex Luthor in the untitled Batman/Superman movie, the internet and Twitter in particular exploded with fans reacting to the news.Lex Luthor quickly became the top trending term on Twitter, as everyone seems to have an opinion on the unexpected casting announcement. While Eisenberg is an Oscar-nominated actor, he doesn’t exactly have the look that most fans seemed to have envisioned for Lex Luthor. The most common criticisms seem to be that Eisenberg is too young and has too much hair to play Lex Luthor.As with any controversial casting decision, there are both supporters and detractors on Twitter. However, the most common reaction seems to be to make a joke about it. The most common joke being some play some play on the Batman Vs. Superman casting director getting confused over the Internet wanting Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston) as Lex Luthor. Another popular running joke is drawing comparisons between Lex Luthor and Eisenberg’s role as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.We’ve embedded below some of the most interesting tweets about the Eisenberg casting. While the tweets so far seem to lean toward fans disagreeing with or joking about the casting decision, there are also quite a few pointing out that Heath Ledger’s casting as The Joker was controversial at the time.Batman Vs. Superman is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on May 6, 2016.
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I wonder if anyone on the Internet will have an opinion about Jesse Eisenberg playing Lex Luthor
— Max Silvestri (@maxsilvestri) January 31, 2014
Obviously the casting director misunderstood when the Internet said “We want Heisenberg as Lex Luthor!”.
— Ken Tuccio (@RhymesWithPen) January 31, 2014
Ben Affleck as Batman. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor … next thing you know Gilbert Godfried will be cast as Aqua Man. What is going on??
— Rick Bakas (@RickBakas) January 31, 2014
So far my favorite villain in the Superman/Batman movie is the casting director.
— Steve Amiri (@SteveAmiri) January 31, 2014
In Superman vs Batman, they invent a social network called Superfriends but then Lex Luthor steals the idea, calls it Council of Doom.
— Jeff Morin (@MilkManJeff) January 31, 2014
Razzies 2016 *and the razzie for worst cast goes to Batman v.s Superman!*
— Joel (@afghanambition) January 31, 2014
So basically Superman v. Batman is now the Super Friends’ Facebook. Just cast Mamie Gummer as Hawkgirl already.
— James Dempsey (@James_Proclaims) January 31, 2014
This Batman and Superman film seems like it’s being cast by someone pulling random names out of a hat.
— James Benmore (@jhenrybenmore) January 31, 2014
Someone in charge of this Batman vs. Superman movie is officially drunk.
— Casey Cipriani (@CaseyCip) January 31, 2014
The only person happy with the casting choices for Superman/Batman is George Clooney. Now he won’t be forever known as the worst Batman ever
— Anthony Tony Stark (@tonytouch_28) January 31, 2014Jesse Eisenberg to play Lex Luthor in Superman/Batman. Ben Affleck gotta be smiling that the heats Off him for a while.
— kellie (@Kellie_Worth) January 31, 2014that batman superman movie shall now be referred to as “the-movie-that-must-not-be-named”.
— Peter Simeti (@petersimeti) January 31, 2014lois the kid from the social network is playing lex luthor in a movie what’s next the kid from shattered glass playing darth vader
— Clark Kent (@CK1Blogs) January 31, 2014Instead of Heisenberg we get Eisenberg as Lex Luthor? @BryanCranston would have killed it.
— Ross Patterson (@StJamesStJames) January 31, 2014Please reread your circa-2006 Heath Ledger as The Joker message board comments before making a public comment about Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 31, 2014So Ben Affleck is Batman and Mark Zuckerberg is Lex Luthor. OK DC Comics, please pass the crack pipe, I want a hit.
— Tyler Riggs (@TySpace) January 31, 2014Ah, yes, now I remember. Lex Luthor became the wealthiest, most powerful man in Metropolis by creating Facebook. And by stammering a lot.
— Jessie Roman (@xojesenia) January 31, 2014Please reread your circa-2006 Heath Ledger as The Joker message board comments before making a public comment about Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 31, 2014So, what you are saying is that Lex Luthor created Facebook and he is friend with everybody? #like
— FrancescoFrancavilla (@f_francavilla) January 31, 2014The guy nominated for Best Actor after playing an ambitious billionaire sociopath is COMPLETELY WRONG for LEX LUTHOR. Good call, internet
— Bobby (@BobbyRobertsPDX) January 31, 2014Related Posts
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