15 Near Miss Villain Castings That Would Suck More Than Eisenberg's Luthor
Eisenberg isn't the first to catch flak for this sort of thing, and he certainly won't be the last.
The Internet has been abuzz the last two weeks since Jesse Eisenberg was announced to be playing billionaire supervillain Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's upcoming Batman vs. Superman, because on the face of it, the casting just doesn't make sense. Even allowing Snyder's audacious interpretation of the Man of Steel, Eisenberg still seems like a massive gamble considering that more revered names such as Bryan Cranston and Joaquin Phoenix had been thrown around for months before. That said, Eisenberg isn't the first to catch flak for this sort of thing, and he certainly won't be the last. Still, it's worth considering the countless other now-iconic villain roles which very nearly went to other actors, and how they would've made Eisenberg's bizarre casting seem like a natural fit by comparison. As usual, feel free to argue about these casting near-misses in the comments!