Jesse Eisenberg has said he was frozen out of studio movies after winning a Razzie for Zack Snyder’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”
\n\nThe Razzies — short for Golden Raspberry Awards — are a tongue-in-cheek ceremony that “honor” the supposedly worst films of the year. They are traditionally handed out the night before the Oscars.
\n\nEisenberg, who played arch villain Lex Luther opposite Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck, was allocated a worst supporting actor Razzie for his part in the 2016 superhero flick.
\n\nAlthough supposedly lighthearted, the “award” damaged his acting career, Eisenberg admitted during a screen talk Sunday as part of the BFI London Film Festival, causing him to step back from acting and instead lean in to writing and directing. (Eisenberg’s latest directorial effort, “The Debut” starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, is closing LFF Sunday night).
\n\n“Listen, a lot of it just came from fear,” he said of his career pivot. “I couldn’t get into movie studio parts anymore because I had won a Raspberry Award from [being in the] ‘Batman’ movie … and I saw the trajectory.”
\n\n“If you’re an actor, you’re constantly panicked about ‘Am I on an upslope or a downslope?’” he explained.
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/