To say Ezra Miller has caused Warner Bros. some headaches would probably be the understatement of the century.
The troubled star of The Flash's behaviour has resulted in them becoming one of the most controversial actors working today, and it's very clear that the studio has been making every effort to overhype the movie in an attempt to compensate for and counteract the negative press.
Even so, we have heard from several of their co-stars that Miller has generally been very easy to work with on previous projects, and The Flash director Andy Muschietti has now told Deadline that collaborating with them was “definitely one of my best experiences with an actor in my whole career.”
“I knew it from the movies I’ve seen with them. It wasn’t until I met them, that I realized that they were an impeccable comedian as well,” added the filmmaker. “Given that there’s lot of levity and humor in this story, there’s this odd couple we created with the original Barry (Allen) and the young Barry, and they have these differences which makes them a couple at odds. They created such an amazing, not only a depiction of each of them, but just the ability to switch from one character to the other.”
Miller's performance has indeed been garnering high praise, but will that be enough to win audiences over when the movie races into theaters next week? Reviews have been decent (it's currently sitting at 72% on Rotten Tomatoes), but box office projections are not great, so it'll be interesting to see how the Scarlet Speedster's first solo outing performs over the next few weeks.
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"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.
Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"
The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.