'He will be great': Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum says he's not jealous Jesse Eisenberg was cast as Lex Luthor
He's not green with envy - that's just all the Kryptonite.
Michael Rosenbaum is not jealous he wasn't offered the role of Lex Luthor in the new Batman V Superman film, and thinks Jesse Eisenberg will be 'great'.
The 43-year-old played Superman's former friend and eventual nemesis in the hit TV show Smallville for seven seasons.
Green with Kryptonite: Michael Rosenbaum, pictured with Impastor co-star Sara Rue, said is not jealous he wasn't offered the role of Lex Luthor in the new Batman V Superman film
When asked at Comic-Con during the weekend by toofab.com if he'll be watching The Social Network star filling his shoes on the big screen, he replied: 'I'll always check things out.'
'I don't hold grudges like "Oh, it isn't me!"' he added. 'Eisenberg will be great.'
However he did jokingly question why the villain was always cast by actors with very Jewish names.
'Why's it always the Jews with Lex Luthor?' he said, donning a spoof accent. 'Rosenbaum, Eisenberg, what's going on here?'
Baldie baddie: The 43-year-old played Superman's former friend and eventual nemesis in the hit TV show Smallville for seven seasons
Props: Rosenbaum said he will definitely check out Dawn Of Justice, and thinks Jesse Eisenberg will be 'great' in the role
Despite playing one of the DC universe's most famous villains for seven years - and again in the show's finale - 2015 was Rosenbaum's first ever Comic-Con.
And the actor said it's not always the follically challenged megalomaniac people recognize him as.
'Believe it or not, [I get recognized for] a movie that nobody saw but became a cult: Sorority Boys,' he said, referring to the 2002 film in which he pretends to be a girl to infiltrate a sorority house. 'I loved being in drag for three months!'
In his new show Impastor, he plays a pothead who poses as a gay pastor in a small town in order to hide from a gambling debt.
'Why's it always the Jews?' He did jokingly question why the villain was always cast by actors with very Jewish names, such as Rosenbaum and Eissenberg
Holy: In his new show Impastor, he plays a pothead who poses as a gay pastor in a small town in order to hide from a gambling debt
'I never really went to church, I'm kind of a Jew,' he told Entertainment Weekly in San Diego. 'I never really went to temple. I just had no real experience with church and religion, and that was sort of like the character Buddy.
'When he falls into this he doesn't know how to give a sermon, so when I have to give this sermon which is sort of improvised, so it was good not to know anything.'
When asked who on the convention floor he would leave a significant other for, he immediately jumped on Han Solo.
'I love Han Solo, I always though that would be a perfect role for me,' he smiled. 'Am I young enough? Gimme a chance man.'
What a drag: Instead of Lex Luthor, the Smallville star says he frequently gets recognized for his role in Sorority Boys, in which he pretended to be a woman
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