Lex Luthor actor for Batman vs. Superman, Jesse Eisenberg admitted that playing the role of Superman's arch-nemesis hurt his career.

During an interview on the 'Armchair Expert' podcast, the actor reflected on starring as the villain in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.'

Jesse Eisenberg says his performance as Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman" and "Justice League" was "poorly received."

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.

Superman was pretty thoroughly drubbed by critics, it was a hit with audiences, making $874.4 million at the global box office, and b) while Eisenberg’s performance as Luthor was definitely weird —our former film editor,

The Zack Snyder-directed pic was part of the now defunct DCEU, and saw Lex Luthor (Eisenberg) manipulate Batman (Ben Affleck) into a battle with Superman (Henry Cavill) - who Luthor is canonically obsessed with destroying.

Jesse Eisenberg played the iconic comic book villain in the 2016 superhero flick, "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice".

In the industry, if you’re in a huge, huge movie and not seen as good, the people who are choosing who to put next in their movie are just not gonna select you," Jesse explai

The line between success and failure can get blurred under a deluge of criticism, especially when it starts affecting your real life. That appears to be what Jesse Eisenberg has been secretly dealing with for nearly a decade.