Jesse Eisenberg Talks Shaving Head to Play Lex Luthor in 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice'

Jesse Eisenberg portrays Lex Luthor in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The actor appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and talked about cutting his hair for the first time to play the iconic character.

"I've never been able to touch my scalp," he said. "Yes it's freezing. It's really strange. You know, it's the kind of thing where you feel like 'I can really damage myself.' You wanna wear a helmet. It's terrifying, it's terrifying."

Later on in the interview, Meyers talked about an old Batman v. Superman set photo that showed Eisenberg with a head covering. "You'd think there would be something more threatening than the floral arrangement [on my head]," the actor replied. "Everything is like shrouded in secrecy and the people are shrouded in bandannas. You know, Superman, Henry Cavill, in, like, baggy sweatpants."

Entertainment Weekly posted the first exclusive photo of Eisenberg as Lex.

"He's not any of the Lexes that you've seen, that's for sure, other than him being a captain of industry and one person to the world and another person to himself," Snyder tells the site. "And bald, of course."

"Our Lex is disarming and he's not fake," Snyder continues. "He says what he believes and he says what's on his mind. If you can unravel the string and decipher what he means, it's all there."

In other news, Jason Momoa will portray Aquaman in Snyder's Justice League, but we've already seen the character thanks to Snyder's releasing a photo on his Twitter account. In a new interview, Momoa talks about bringing the King of Atlantis to life on the big screen.

"The whole mythology of Aquaman is pretty amazing," he told Entertainment Weekly. "There’s so many things to tell, and there’s a whole backstory that’s just amazing. There’s a lot of surprises coming. I think, yeah, he’s been cast aside. But, um [laughs] times are going to change now, buddy. Conan was really hard, because you have 15 different types of fans and so many things to respect and honor. To do it right it’s got to be bloody-bloody-bloody-bloody-bloody, and not a lot of people go see that anymore. It’s not the ’80s anymore. It’s a really hard format. We busted ass, but there were a lot of cooks in the kitchen on that one. What’s great about this is Zack, man. We don’t want to just reinvent it, but he’s a got a whole idea of what Aquaman should be and I’m really honored to be playing it. I’m excited for the world to see it."

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