<Dd> A reporter for the Daily Planet and love interest of Clark Kent . About her role, Adams stated that "Lois is still sort of like the key to the information . She's the girl going out and getting it and figuring it out and putting it together and all of that, so she's very much involved ." When asked on her thoughts on portraying Lois Lane in the film, Adams replied "I love that she's fearless . I'm not that way so it's really fun that she really is not afraid of the consequences ." On Lois Lane and Clark Kent's relationship in the film, Adams said, "What's great about this is that, as far as the relationship with Lois and Clark goes, when we meet them you can tell that they've been in a relationship for while," further explaining, "So it was great to get to develop that sort of intimacy and that sort of friendship that I've developed with Henry, to get to bring that to the screen ." She also described Clark Kent as being Lois Lane's connection to humanity and said, "She may have some tunnel vision, but she's got a job and moral standards . (When) we met her before, she would do anything to get the story--now Clark has instilled some faith in humanity in her . Her relationship with Clark is the closest thing she has to anything faith - based, you know? Although moving in with Clark brings issues ." </Dd> <Ul> <Li> Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor: </Li> </Ul> <Li> Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor: </Li> <Dl> <Dd> An eccentric young businessman and hereditary CEO of LexCorp who is obsessed with defeating Superman . Luthor is usually depicted as bald in the comics while the film's version of Luthor depicts him with hair throughout the majority of the film . When speaking about his portrayal of Luthor compared to previous portrayals, Eisenberg said, "When you're doing a movie like this and playing a character that's already been played, the further away it is from those previous incarnations the better", adding, "Because chances are, especially with a guy like Gene Hackman or Kevin Spacey, you're not going to get favorably compared ." Eisenberg explained his character's background as having "a core of reality", saying, "(Luthor) has a backstory that's tragic and an emotional inner life that's authentic . That's in the movie . It was my interest in playing the character with a real emotional core, and this writer, Chris Terrio's interest in creating a character that seemed viable in reality ." On Luthor's behavior and attitude towards Superman, Eisenberg said, "He is a narcissist of the first order but complicated in that way as well in that he is terribly troubled and competitive and vengeful . He looks at Superman not as somebody to destroy but as genuine threat to humanity ." Eisenberg described his role as Lex Luthor as his most advantageous role yet, saying, "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 ." Eisenberg describes a theme in the film, saying "It raises the question of how one man can have so much power . These are the kind of things that we talk about authoritarian states . They're addressing geopolitics in this movie and not in a way that's pretentious or esoteric". </Dd> </Dl>

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