JUSTICE LEAGUE Star Ray Fisher Explains How New Project Has Helped Him Move On From DCEU Difficulties

JUSTICE LEAGUE Star Ray Fisher Explains How New Project Has Helped Him Move On From DCEU Difficulties

There was a time when it looked like Ray Fisher might star in The Flash and a solo Cyborg project but he's now explained how his new Netflix movie has helped him move on from those difficult DCEU years.

By JoshWilding - Sep 09, 2024 01:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Justice League
Source: Variety

Ray Fisher made headlines for what he described as Joss Whedon’s "gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable" behaviour on the set of Justice League’s reshoots.

After sending shockwaves through Hollywood, Non-Disclosure Agreements mean the actor has been unable to share specifics for the most part, while WarnerMedia’s underwhelming conclusion from their investigation failed to shed any light on the repercussions for those involved (Fisher has frequently mentioned Geoff Johns and Jon Berg for allegedly being complicit in Whedon’s actions).

Whedon's career is seemingly over after similar claims of abusive behaviour surfaced and Fisher has largely moved on, something he acknowledged while discussing his role as Lymon, the best friend of lead character Boy Willie Charles, played by John David Washington, in Netflix's The Piano Lesson.

"What helped this entire process is, I’ve got to give it up to August Wilson," the Rebel Moon actor explained. "The juxtaposition that existed within the piece, within the character. I think there’s a little of Lymon Jackson in all of us. There’s an innocence about him in this piece that many lose as time passes, especially when you endure such hardship."

"For me, it was a palate cleanser in many ways because I’ve endured specific hardships in my life and some career hardships. Being able to come back into this space and say, ‘I don’t want to get hung up on this. I don’t want to feel resentful for anything that happened.’ I want to move on, and that’s what Lymon represents," Fisher concluded. 

While Fisher's words may not have had as big an impact at Warner Bros. as he'd hoped, it did lead to others speaking out about Whedon and we can't remember the last time we saw Johns or Berg's names attached to any major projects. 

As for the DC brand, it's moved on to DC Studios' James Gunn and Peter Safran calling the shots of a new DCU set to kick off with Creature Commandos, Superman, and Peacemaker season 2. 

Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which documents the family history through carvings made by their enslaved ancestor. 

Directed by Malcolm Washington, the movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Potts, and Corey Hawkins. The movie arrives in theaters on November 8 and hits Netflix on November 22. 

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 9/9/2024, 1:09 PM
Is he still going? [frick]’s sake 😂
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 9/9/2024, 1:26 PM
@FireandBlood - he can be Kang ...just for one day
Goldboink
Goldboink - 9/9/2024, 2:41 PM
@Malatrova15 -

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 9/9/2024, 3:15 PM
@Goldboink - for nothing will keep us togheter ...we can assault them in an uber...forever and ever!
oldnoname
oldnoname - 9/9/2024, 3:19 PM
@FireandBlood - I swear people on this site still don't know how interviews work in 2024. These people are asked questions, and then they answer.
The1st
The1st - 9/9/2024, 3:55 PM
@oldnoname - They agree to answer screened questions. If not and it goes south good luck getting that actor/politician/person...ever.
oldnoname
oldnoname - 9/9/2024, 4:15 PM
@The1st - Sure, but why should he go as far as avoiding that question that he didn't write or ask? Surely not just because "The1st" on comicbookmovie dot com might not want to hear it.
The1st
The1st - 9/9/2024, 6:35 PM
@oldnoname - User Comment Image

...I don't care one way or the other.
oldnoname
oldnoname - 9/10/2024, 1:10 AM
@The1st - that fine. The question is still up to the person asking. The interviewer, in this case.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 9/10/2024, 7:23 AM
@Malatrova15 - Underrated comment. You're not as dumb I they look.
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 9/9/2024, 1:09 PM
New project - It's stacking shelves at Walmart isn't it?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 9/9/2024, 1:27 PM
@BillyBatson1000 - more like looting them in the next unrest after cheeto man looses
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 9/9/2024, 1:30 PM
@Malatrova15 - you are SO bad.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 9/9/2024, 1:09 PM
You was a shit Cyborg in a shit movie. Let it go.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/9/2024, 1:10 PM
Hilarious how everyone was giving him flak for bitching about Whedon and Tsujihawa, then both of their careers ended in scandals.
dracula
dracula - 9/9/2024, 1:20 PM
@soberchimera - people gave him flak for being a non stop vaguest man alive

All this time later the most explicit he has been is whedon forcing him to do his job and read the script
TheClungerine
TheClungerine - 9/9/2024, 1:22 PM
@soberchimera - and literally everyone glosses over it and continue to act like Ray was the one abusing people 😭

soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/9/2024, 1:24 PM
@dracula - Yeah, the almost daily articles from Josh from back then literally nauseated me, but you can’t deny he was 100% right about them being P’s.O.S.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/9/2024, 2:23 PM
@soberchimera - Tsujihawa's career ended in a scandal. I wouldn't really say that Whedon's ended in scandal. There was no scandal at all. What scandal?
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/9/2024, 2:49 PM
@ObserverIO - What has he done creatively since the workplace harassment allegations came out? I’ll wait.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/9/2024, 3:15 PM
@soberchimera - His career ended. But in scandal?
oldnoname
oldnoname - 9/9/2024, 3:23 PM
@ObserverIO - a cursory google search for "joss whedon" on the google news tab brings up a majority of articles about alleged misdeeds and discomfort around his character. It may not be the most scandalous, but it is, still, scandalous. It's directly why his most recent show (shows?) was cancelled.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/9/2024, 3:24 PM
@ObserverIO -
scan·dal
/ˈskand(ə)l/
noun
an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.


Why else would his career have ended?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/9/2024, 3:52 PM
@oldnoname - @soberchimera - Maybe it's semantics but I wouldn't call anything he allegedly did scandalous at all.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/9/2024, 3:56 PM
@ObserverIO - Abusive behavior towards cast and crew members isn’t morally wrong?
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oldnoname
oldnoname - 9/9/2024, 4:06 PM
@ObserverIO - Sounds like semantics
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/9/2024, 4:19 PM
@soberchimera - Not exactly scandalous is it? Depending on what you mean by 'Abusive'. Semantics again I suppose.

He wanted his actors to do what was in the script. He didn't shout at them. He allegedly threatened Gal's career, but was probably joking.

Scandalous behaviour.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/9/2024, 4:37 PM
@ObserverIO - If it wasn’t scandalous, his name wouldn’t have been dropped from the marketing of The Nevers and he’d probably have had completed a project or two by now or have something in the pipeline.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/9/2024, 6:12 PM
@soberchimera - That's cancel culture. Shit sticks and no-one wants to get it on them.
dracula
dracula - 9/9/2024, 1:11 PM
And yet he never actually said what Whedon did to him outside of demanding he do his job and read whats in the script

Gal and Buffy actors were explicit

Never Fisher
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 9/9/2024, 1:13 PM
@dracula - you’d think someone would say something. Even through a third party.
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