scraylo187 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Jeremy Irons as Alfred. ...The Eisenberg thing is taking some time to set in because it's so weird, but I sort of love it? I dunno. I'm just excited about Alfred singing 'Be Prepared' to Batman while he gets his bat stuff ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligerbusa Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 That's real weird....but Jeremy Irons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Damn. I knew they were going to cast someone younger than Bryan Cranston, but, I say again, damn. Dude is younger than me. I guess the comparisons between Lex Luthor and Evil Mark Zuckerberg are inevitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Casting via the Seth MacFarlane method. "Everyone loves/hates FB, let's get that guy that player Zuckerberg!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Its feels like Snyder is going out of his way to piss people off with these castings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I think Eisenberg fits perfectly for a young Lex. He will probably kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ...The Eisenberg thing is taking some time to set in because it's so weird, but I sort of love it? I think I'm kinda coming around on it, as the initial shock wears off. Despite his age, I'd say Eisenberg does a good job of projecting an air of intelligence well beyond what you typically see out of 30 year old actor. And I like that there's a big size discrepancy between him and Cavill & Affleck. I think it could work, depending on how they handle the character on the writing end of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 On the one hand, yeah, I like Jeremy Irons playing Alfred. On the other hand, of anyone that could play Lex, Eisenberg isn't even on that list. Meek, whiny, and family friendly isn't what I think of when I think of Lex Luthor. Goddammit...My dream casting was pulling in the dude who played Lex on Smallville, but that was the longest of long shots. Behind him would have been Daniel Day Lewis, another long shot. This though, is just strange. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Shit, Philip Seymore Hoffman would have been an excellent choice as well. His turn for the sinister in MI:3 is still one of my favorite performances by an actor playing a villain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Eisenberg and Cavill are the same age, maybe Clark will cause Lex to lose his hair in grade school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Can't say I love the Eisenberg casting but Michael Rosenbaum portrayed my favorite iteration of Luthor ever so I'll remain cautiously optimistic. I will say Luthor as a punk-ass dot com billionaire who dabbles in Evil Science~! on the side would be kinda brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Really interested in the scenes between Bruce, and Lex now that we know that Bruce is Lex's elder statesman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bustronaut Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Really interested in the scenes between Bruce, and Lex now that we know that Bruce is Lex's elder statesman. Oooh, that'll be a neat dynamic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 The internet: "HEATH LEDGER AS JOKER WTF THIS MOVIE WILL SUCK!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I don't think very many said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Also, Eisenberg isn't as good of an actor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Dude, the Internet lost it's shit over Ledger. How can you not remember that? Eisenberg can be very good when he turns it on. In a lot of his mainstream fare, he kinda coasts on the flustered, neurotic routine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelemania Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Eisenberg can't be "very good" because he's a bad actor. What the hell are you talking about? Everything he's in he's sucked at. Adventureland? The Social Network? Now You See Me? Zombieland? He's the worst part of ALL of those movies. Horrible, just HORRIBLE casting. At this point I think it's a joke it's so bad. Just horrible. I wish I had a sound byte of Honky Tonk Man shitting on TNA right now. Just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Except that, Now You See Me aside, you're totally wrong. I mean, there's taking taste into account, but Eisenberg is a pretty good actor, and quite good in 3 of those 4 movies you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 He was GREAT in The Social Network and I don't say that because he was nominated for an Oscar although that certainly doesn't hurt his case. His performance made a film about lawsuits pertaining to fucking social networking COMPELLING.. I have a feeling this will be an awesome week of nerd rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian Fowler Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yeah, he was spectacular in Social Network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I... I like Now You See Me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Imagine spelling Butt wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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