Oscar-nominee says his ‘career was hurt’ after panned Batman v Superman role
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Jesse Eisenberg has suggested that his stint as villain Lex Luthor actually ‘hurt his career’ after his film was panned. The 41-year-old made his debut as the evil mogul in 2016 superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, beside Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Laurence Fishburne and Amy Adams.
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Despite raking in a whopping $873million at the global box office, Zack Snyder’s DC flick didn’t go down well with critics – it currently has a 29% Rotten Tomatoes score, compared to an audience ranking of 63$. Unpacking the reception during an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, the Oscar-nominee shared: ‘I was in this Batman movie and the Batman movie was so poorly received, and I was so poorly received.
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‘I’ve never said this before, and it’s kind of embarrassing to admit, but I genuinely think it actually hurt my career in a real way, because I was poorly received in something so public. ‘I’ve been in poorly received things that just don’t see the light of day, and for the most part, no one knows.
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‘But this was so public, and I don’t read notices or reviews or movie press or anything, so I was unaware of how poorly it was received.’. Jesse explained that he took on a lot of the blame for the dismal reviews, during a ‘depressing’ time. ‘I loved my role, and I loved the movie, doing it and everything,’ he told host Dax Shepard. ‘So, I feel just myself is to blame.
