When Jesse Eisenberg was announced as the new Lex Luthor in the upcoming "Batman vs Superman" movie, it had a mixed response from fans online. In a new interview, Eisenberg talked about playing the criminal mastermind of Metropolis, and going up against a superhero as Superman's arch nemesis.

"It'll definitely be played by a different person, but I don't know really how different this -- I don't know the history as well as the people making the movie, so I guess it's up to them to figure out how much they want to separate it from previous incarnations. But I will treat it like it's its own role. There's no way to play the history of the character played by other people, unless you do some kind of wink, but that doesn't seem like a responsible way to act. So I will just do it as though it's a character, in the same way you do a movie like The Double, which is a smaller movie -- but you just kind of treat it like a character, and that's probably the best course of action, I think," said Eisenberg to IGN in reference to his rendition of the legendary DC comics villain.

When asked if his version of Luthor will also be bald in the upcoming film - since the character historically had no hair on his head in various forms of entertainment such as TV shows, cartoons, movie and comic books to name a few - the 30-year old made the following response:

"I'm not allowed to say anything, because of their privacy," said the Queens native.

Eisenberg also revealed what drew him to the role in the blockbuster film debuting next year:

"The character's really good, so it's like doing anything else. They make a lot of those movies, so if you're an actor in things, you will probably cross paths with it at some point. But the character's written really well. It's a really great role. The fact that it's in a big movie, you know, it seems like a character that would be in any kind of movie. It just happens to be in a bigger, flashier kind of thing," said Eisenberg.

In a previous interview, Kevin Spacey endorsed the film director's decision to cast the young actor in the same role the "House of Cards" star played in "Superman Returns" movie back in 2006.

"I think [Jesse Eisenberg] is a remarkable actor. He's just going to ****ing own it. I think it's a great idea and I wish him the best with it," said Spacey in a recent interview with Empire Magazine.

The "Batman vs. Superman" movie will appear in theaters on May 6, 2016.