Jesse Eisenberg and Jeremy Irons have been talking about their roles as Lex Luthor and Alfred in Batman v Superman. Eisenberg talks about how much he loves playing Luthor, while Irons talks about how different his Alfred is compared to previous versions of the character.
It was a month in Detroit, which is actually longer than you’d imagine. But big films move slowly. It’s like a huge oil tanker. Zack Snyder, the director, wanted to create a completely different Alfred. So I felt I didn’t have to carry any baggage from previous ones. It’s sort of a reincarnation if you’d like. I had a feeling I was creating my own Alfred, more of a man who can actually do anything if he has to.
In a lot of ways Luthor is more of a stretch than any character you would do in an independent movie, which is normally the place you stretch. So in that way it was not at all compromised. If anything it was the best, most advantageous role I’ve ever been given….The opportunity to do an interesting character on a movie of that scale is incredibly rare.
Source: Superherohype