The truth is: Yes, Jimmy Olsen is in the movie.
But hes not identified by name and he makes a rather hasty exit early in the story.
Its not a blink-and-youll-miss-it part, but … the appearance might cause viewers to flinch.
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He gets shot in the head and dies in front of a horrified Lane.
But it turns out that Jimmy Olsen is a spook for the CIA.
The actor he wanted ended up becoming Lex Luthor instead.
And then if he got shot, youd just be like, What!?
You cant do that.
I said, I want to do this misdirect and youd be great.
Youd be a great Jimmy Olsen, the director says.
And hes like, Yeah, thats cool, and he was being very Jesse in the meeting.
Introverted but constantly going, Okay, I see, uh-huh.
Bryan Cranston would have been great, right?
And by the way, hes an amazing actor.
Can you imagine how different the movie would be?
Eisenberg said yes, but that wasnt his first impulse when it came to the Jimmy Olsen part.
As Eisenberg obliquely told EWs Keith Staskiewicz during production: He met me for, yes, something else.
And I wasnt really interested in it.
But his enthusiasm about the movie and his description of the movie sounded really interesting.
He despises both Batman and Superman.
No heroes ever came to his rescue.
He is determined to turn them against each other.
If the world ends, so be it.
Lex wants for nothing.
Eisenberg has no idea how he fits into the pantheon of other Lex Luthors.
I read a little bit out of interest, but it was meaningless.
This was the exact kind of cold indifference Snyder says he wanted.
He cant fake it, he says.
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