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

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

On the podcast, Eisenberg admitted that the whole ordeal was "depressing," especially given his own feelings about the project. "I loved my role and I loved the movie, doing it and everything," he said. "So I feel just myself is to blame. I'm not like they did me wrong. No. I'm like, 'Oh, I guess I did something wrong there.'"

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,

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

Jesse Eisenberg has candidly shared his thoughts on the professional consequences of his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Speaking on the Armchair Expert podcast,

The Social Network actor Jesse Eisenberg has unveiled the negative impacts his portrayal of 'Lex Luthor' in Batman v Superman had on his career. Jesse played Lex in Zack Snyder’s

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