The Super-Smartness of Jesse Eisenberg

The Observer

For Jesse Eisenberg, the intersection of high and low culture, mass market and indie, outspoken short story writer and emotionally sensitive actor, can lead to some serious speed bumps. Nothing exposed that more than the kerfuffle at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, when the over-stimulated actor, overwhelmed by the screaming fan frenzy for his 2016 comic book movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, described the fanboy mecca as “some kind of genocide.”