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Jesse Eisenberg Thinks Playing Lex Luthor “Hurt My Career”


As Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor is debuted in the first teaser for James Gunn's 'Superman', Jesse Eisenberg is lamenting his own run as the DC villain.

Although Batman v. Superman flopped among critics with a 29% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, it soared at the box office with a $874 million global haul. Henry Cavill as Clark Kent, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice(2016) (Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection) Regardless of the DC movies’ impact on his career, Eisenberg appears to have bounced back, recently securing two Golden Globe nominations for his film A Real Pain, including Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy and Best Screenplay.

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