Wired Magazine Profile of Lex Luthor Teases His Personality in BATMAN V SUPERMAN
Wired Magazine has done something interesting. They recently ran an interview with the fictional Lex Luther from Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I think this is really cool because it actually gives you a decent taste of the kind of personality that Jesse Eisenberg’s version of the character will have in the story. It also gives us an idea of what his motivations are.
When you read it, it’s not hard to imagine Eisenberg saying these things in the film. The dialogue really seems to mesh with his acting style. Here’s an excerpt from the interview, but make sure to head on over to Wired to read the full thing:
RON TROUPE: Would you say you’re a man who’s always gotten what he wants?
LEX LUTHOR: Nice pivot. Here’s mine: What I want is to leave the planet in better shape for the next generation. To make the world and its children safer. I want it. And I bet you do too, Ron.
RON TROUPE: You sound like someone running for political office.
LEX LUTHOR: If that matches their rhetoric, then maybe I should pay more attention to the candidates; I might want to back a few of them. The world is changing faster than we anticipated; we’ve all seen it. More than ever, we need leaders who not only comprehend the new threats facing us, but who will seriously and thoughtfully address them.
RON TROUPE: You’ve been very vocal about that. About the new superhuman threat.
LEX LUTHOR: Well I don’t know where you got that term. I think to be a super human, one should begin by being, you know, from this planet.
RON TROUPE: Bad choice of words?
LEX LUTHOR: We should all be careful when we elevate anyone, human or alien, to “super” status.
RON TROUPE: Because we’re all equal.
LEX LUTHOR: Well that’s just absurd. No – I’m saying we need to be selective and elevate the right people. The right human people.
RON TROUPE: And what are your thoughts on the Batman? He’s human. Presumably.
LEX LUTHOR: Well, he is. In fact, I’d say he’s all too human. Any objective analyst will tell you that his brand of justice, vigilantism, is painfully outmoded, designed to be effective in an age when the law carried billy clubs because crime carried knives. The most dangerous guy on the street worked in the shadows because he was cowardly and superstitious. That’s all you needed to play upon in order to disrupt their operations. You want to clean up the streets? Dress up like the boogeyman, switch on a fog machine and lower your voice.
RON TROUPE: When you put it that way, it sounds ridiculous.
LEX LUTHOR: It didn’t when the Batman first appeared, but that was a long time ago. This is a new world, Ron, and it’s time to get serious.
Lex Luthor is the “cover story,” for the magazine, and it was handed out at CES 2016 last week. Eisenberg recently said in an interview with the LA Times that this movie would feature “the greatest scene” that he’s “ever gotten to take part in,” and apparently it deals with his change of hair in the film. So that’s something to look forward to!
Here’s the cover of the magazine: