Jesse Eisenberg Says ‘I Was So Poorly Received' as Lex Luthor That ‘It Actually Hurt My Career in a Real Way' and It's ‘Embarrassing to Admit'
The teaser trailer for James Gunn’s “Superman” brought with it the first footage of Nicholas Hoult as the villainous Lex Luthor, a role Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg knows well having played the infamous DC comics bad guy in Zack Snyder’s 2016 tentpole “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.