JUSTICE LEAGUE Actor Ray Fisher Finally Elaborates On Joss Whedon & Warner Bros. Accusations

JUSTICE LEAGUE Actor Ray Fisher Finally Elaborates On Joss Whedon & Warner Bros. Accusations

Following a series of damning allegations against the likes of Joss Whedon, Geoff Johns, Jon Berg and Walter Hamada, Zack Snyder's Justice League star Ray Fisher has finally shared some details...

By MarkCassidy - Apr 06, 2021 07:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League

Over the past year, Ray Fisher has made several serious allegations against certain Warner Bros. executives, producers and directors who worked on the theatrical cut of Justice League, after initially accusing Joss Whedon of "gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable" behaviour during the 2017 movie's reshoots.

Not wanting to "expose the identities of others who shared their stories with him and investigators," Fisher has always been hesitant to share specific details on what allegedly went down, but the Cyborg actor has now opened up to THR.

The piece touches on several different incidents involving Whedon, Geoff Johns, Jon Berg, and Walter Hamada, and highlights conversations and behaviour that Fisher and others deemed to be "racist and inappropriate." It also addresses the reasons for Fisher's reluctance to cooperate with the investigations that were launched following his accusations.

From the sounds of things, the early clashes arose from Whedon making major changes to Snyder's original script, greatly reducing Cyborg's role in the story. When reshoots were about to get underway, Fisher says he needed "to explain some of the most basic points of what would be offensive to the Black community" to Whedon, and tried to give "notes to avoid issues in terms of representation of the character."

Apparently, Fisher "had barely started to talk when the filmmaker cut him off," telling him that "It feels like I'm taking notes right now, and I don't like taking notes from anybody — not even Robert Downey Jr."

When Fisher took his grievances to Johns, he was told that they "can't make Joss mad." Johns also said it was "problematic that Cyborg smiled only twice in the movie," because top executives felt that they "could not have an angry Black man at the center of the film."

The article also touches on Whedon's treatment of Gal Gadot, the infamous "booyah" incident, and much more, so be sure to take a look for yourselves.

"I don't believe some of these people are fit for positions of leadership," Fisher concludes. "I don't want them excommunicated from Hollywood, but I don't think they should be in charge of the hiring and firing of other people. If I can't get accountability, at least I can make people aware of who they're dealing with."

Whedon has yet to respond to any of these accusations, nor the more recent claims made by Buffy The Vampire actress Charisma Carpenter.

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xfan320
xfan320 - 4/6/2021, 7:31 AM
Hmmm
NubaX
NubaX - 4/7/2021, 1:54 AM
@xfan320 - Gal Gadot is coming out about Whedon threatening to ruin her career.

So I know its normal for people on this site to bash Fisher but let's see when more comes about about Gadot and other actors.

Will yall apologize?
Or just ignore and pretend like Ray wasn't right?
Vigor
Vigor - 4/6/2021, 7:32 AM
Damn they're really shaking things up at WB
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 4/6/2021, 8:18 AM
@Vigor - they have to. A head producer at WB announced DC's future plans and upcoming slate. They cancelled James Wan's Trench and Ava Duvery's New Gods (which I don't think got reported here and if it did, I missed it). DC films are going the MCU route and will be connected again. Reeve's upcoming Batman film is the only film that is confirmed to be set in Earth-2 and out of their current universe. Every film starting with Suicide Squad will have a canon TV show tied to their universe. The Flash film is going to answer and solidify any questions people have about returning actors, sequels, and multi-verse plans.

Every DCEU actor who was pissed about their prior management or plan for their character's future like Ray Fisher, Henry Cavill, Amber Heard, Jared Leto, etc. will have until Flashpoint starts shooting to decide whether they are permanently in or out of the DCEU's future because they are not going to backtrack or deal with Snyderverse problems anymore.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 4/6/2021, 12:11 PM
@mastakilla39 -
Not sure Ray is welcome back at this point.
koolaidbag
koolaidbag - 4/6/2021, 3:09 PM
@mastakilla39 - where is this info coming from and why isn’t THAT being reported on????
Itwasme
Itwasme - 4/6/2021, 7:33 AM
Was there a backlash on Cyborg's portrayal when the theatrical cut came out? I don't recall.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 4/6/2021, 7:47 AM
@Itwasme - Absolutely NOT!
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 4/6/2021, 7:55 AM
@Itwasme - Nah, the only thing critics have said about Cyborg/Fisher was that he wasn't special. Even if you rewatch the theatrical cut, he is vital to the plot but just nothing special about fisher's performance or cyborg's character stood out so no 1 was begging for more of him. Same thing was said about Hawkeye in Avengers 1 and 10 yrs later he's beloved by the audience. I think Fisher should've just waited and play the long game like most of the MCU supporting characters to earn a solo project.

JL isn't Black Panther, DC was never aiming to make a statement with ZSJL. While watching ZSJL, none of the character's race were significant to their role in the story. Ryan Choi (Atom), Martian Manhunter, and Cyborg could've been race/gender swapped and it would not have made the film any better or worst because the story was always going to be generic and insignificant.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/6/2021, 7:33 AM
"It feels like I'm taking notes right now, and I don't like taking notes from anybody — not even Robert Downey Jr."
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