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‘Justice League’ fans should not forget the video of Attack Ezra Miller
Roy Rochlin / GettyThanks to one of the most notorious fan campaigns of all time, Warner Bros. Pictures launched Zack Snyder’s Justice League – also known as “The Snyder Cut” – on HBO Max Thursday. Despite the ardent campaign to reveal what the original director’s film would look like before Joss Whedon came on the scene, Snyder’s cut received mixed reviews. The film also opens after Warner Bros. chose to side with DC Films president Walter Hamada – whom cyborg actor Ray Fisher accused of trying to undermine an investigation of abusive and racist conduct on the Justice League scene to protect his “friend and ex-friend co-president” , producer Geoff Johns. (The statement by a WarnerMedia representative said, in part, that “an extensive investigation was conducted by an outside law firm, led by a former federal judge who assured WarnerMedia that there were no impediments to the investigation.”) The discussion about the film’s release seems to ignore another controversy that broke out last spring – one that, in a way, seems to have been lost in the early days of the pandemic-induced quarantine. ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ producer Deborah Snyder on Joss Whedon, DC Fans and ‘Joy’ of ClosureIn the beginning of April, an online video appeared in which The Flash actor Ezra Miller seemed to suffocate a woman and play her in floor. the video, taken outside in the snow, lasts only seven seconds. Miller, dressed in a red coat, shouts, “Did you want to fight? Is that the deal? ”The woman approaches them, waving her arms and apparently smiling. Miller grabs her by the neck and pushes her back against a metal container before pushing her to the floor while another voice – apparently that of the cameraman – says, “Wow, man, man, man.” The camera goes down before the clip ends abruptly. The video appeared on Twitter and Reddit, but was widely treated as a rumor. But Variety was able to confirm the incident with a source shortly after the clip materialized. The incident occurred outside the Prikið Kaffihús bar and cafe in Reykjavík, Iceland. A source at the bar confirmed to Variety that the incident occurred on April 1 at around 6 pm, when some “very insistent” fans approached the actor. Although some online believed at the time that the video was some kind of joke, or perhaps out of context, the source told Variety that it was a serious fight. They also confirmed that the person involved was Miller. (The Daily Beast reached out to one of the original posters for the video and to Prikið for more details, but got no response.) In the end, the source said, the Prikið team escorted Miller out of the venue. Reykjavík Metropolitan Police press officer Gunnar Rúnar Sveinbjörnsson told the Daily Beast by email that the police were not called to the scene and that no one was arrested or placed in custody. Warner Bros. representatives Pictures and HBO Max did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment. Miller, who uses the pronouns they saw, first saw a career break in the early 2010s – first with the psychological thriller of 2011, We need to talk about Kevin, and a year later with the coming-of-age drama, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. After a harrowing twist on The Stanford Prison Experiment in 2015, Miller made a breakthrough in 2016, debuting both as The Flash in Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but also as Credence Barebone in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller in the Justice League of Zack Snyder HBO Max And so, Miller remains a key ingredient in two huge Warner franchises. Fantastic Beasts will release its third installment next year (without Johnny Depp), and then 2022 will bring Miller the autonomous vehicle The Flash – in which they will star alongside Kiersey Clemons as Iris West. Michael Keaton is also on board to repeat his role as Batman. As Miller’s star continues to rise, the silence around the video will become more evident. Read more in The Daily Beast. Read our top stories in your inbox every day. Subscribe now! Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper into the stories that matter to you. To know more.