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Actor Jesse Eisenberg Compares Comic-Con to ‘Genocide’

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by Daniel Nussbaum14 Jul 20150

Actor Jesse Eisenberg apparently didn’t enjoy attending last weekend’s Comic-Con convention in San Diego.

How unhappy was he with the convention? Mass murder unhappy.

In a red-carpet interview Monday, Eisenberg, who attended Comic-Con to promote the new Batman v. Superman film in which he plays villain Lex Luther, said that the crowds at the convention startled him.

“It is like being screamed at by thousands of people,” the actor told the Associated Press. “I don’t know what the experience is throughout history, probably some kind of genocide. I can’t think of anything that’s equivalent.”

Eisenberg appeared at the convention’s massive Hall H alongside Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, who will play Batman and Superman, respectively, in the upcoming Warner Bros./DC Comics film slated for release next year.

Watch the actor’s full remarks above, and the trailer for the upcoming film below:


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Actor Jesse Eisenberg compares Comic-Con to genocide

Jesse Eisenberg
The Associated Press

by AP14 Jul 20150

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg’s Comic-Con experience apparently wasn’t a joy.

Eisenberg, who plays Lex Luthor in the upcoming “Batman v. Superman, ” was at the massive San Diego convention last week with co-stars Ben Affleck and Henry Cavil. In an interview Monday, he was decidedly negative about the experience.

“It is like being screamed at by thousands of people. I don’t know what the experience is throughout history, probably some kind of genocide. I can’t think of anything that’s equivalent,” he said.

Eisenberg spoke at the premiere of “End of the Tour,” with Jason Segal, about the release of David Foster Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest.” Segal plays Wallace, while Eisenberg plays journalist David Lipsky.

“Yes I have never been on the other side, on your side of journalism. I have normally been the victim so I worked with the guy who I play, I play a real person, David Lipsky,” he said. “I interviewed him. He taught me how to interview and what his process is like and now I understand the pariahs that you guys are.”