Jesse Eisenberg don open up say the Razzie Award wey him win for him role as Lex Luthor for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice make am no fit get movie studio roles again, and e see the warning early. Him yarn about the matter for Screen Talk at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival, according to Variety.
For 2017 Golden Raspberry Awards, di satirical parody award show wey dey celebrate di worst cinematic achievements of di year, Jesse Eisenberg win Worst Supporting Actor for Lex Luthor for di 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Di following year, e come play di same role again for Justice League.
Di 43-year-old actor tok say fear dey behind plenty of wetin happen. E quote am: “Listen, a lot of it just came from fear.” E continue: “I couldn’t get into movie studio parts anymore because I had won a Raspberry Award from [being in the] Batman movie … and I saw the trajectory.”
Jesse Eisenberg also talk about how uncertain acting work dey. “If you’re an actor, you’re constantly panicked about ‘Am I on an upslope or a downslope?’” him add. “Because there’s no plateau. Acting is just this unstable, awful industry where you are either on the treadmill and you’re doing okay, and you’re running up, or you are yesterday’s news, and it’s awful. And if you’re a paranoid person like me, you see it way in advance.”
Na that fear push am to find another way to keep him career move. “So I was like, I’ve got to direct movies,” Jesse Eisenberg tok. “That’s why I started writing them, just to kind of keep my career afloat, really.” Di experience still open more places for am to use him creativity.
One lesson wey e carry from the whole matter na say e no go near superhero movies again for near future. “The industry tells you what they want from you,” him share. “The industry did not want me to be in a superhero movie, and if you’re smart and self-aware, you learn that quickly. And you know, it’s the unsuccessful actor that goes ‘No, I want to be in more of those.’”
E add say: “It’s not going to happen, and they don’t want you there, and they wouldn’t have given you a Raspberry Award if they wanted you there. That’s an award for bad acting. And so the industry tells you what it wants, and if you want a career in the arts, you have to follow the things that you’re being told are liked.”
But di studio block no stop Jesse Eisenberg career finish. Di Now You See Me: Now You Don’t star don direct three feature films and still get plenty acting roles.
