T.Thanks to one of the most infamous fan campaigns of all time, Warner Bros. Pictures released Zack Snyder’s Justice League—Aka “The Snyder Cut” —on HBO Max Thursday.
Despite the fiery campaign to reveal what the original director’s movie would have looked like before Joss Whedon intervened, the Snyder cut has received mixed reviews. The movie also debuts after Warner Bros. chose to assist DC Films president Walter Hamada – who accused Cyborg actor Ray Fisher of attempting to undermine a misconduct investigation of abusive and racist behavior on the internet. Justice League set to protect his “friend and former co-president”, producer Geoff Johns. (A WarnerMedia representative’s statement said in part that “an extensive investigation was conducted by an outside law firm led by a former federal judge who has assured WarnerMedia that there were no impediments to the investigation.”)
But the discussion about the film’s release seems to ignore another controversy that erupted last spring – a controversy that, in some ways, appears to have been lost in the early days of pandemic quarantine.
At the beginning of April a video appeared online in which The flash actor Ezra Miller seemed to be choking a woman and throwing her to the floor.
The video, which was taken outside in the snow, lasts only seven seconds. Miller, dressed in a red coat, shouts, “Do you want to fight? Is that the deal? The woman approaches them, waving her arms and seemingly smiling. Miller grabs her by the throat and pushes her back against a metal container before pushing her to the ground, while another voice – apparently that of the cameraman – says : “Ho, bro, bro, bro.”
The camera drops down before the clip ends abruptly.
The video surfaced on Twitter and Reddit, but has been largely rumored. But Variety managed to confirm the incident with a source shortly after the release of the clip.
The incident reportedly took place outside Prikið Kaffihús bar and cafe in Reykjavík, Iceland. A source from the watering hole confirmed Variety that the incident took place at about 6pm on April 1, when some “rather pushy” fans approached the actor.
While some started to believe online that the video was some sort of joke, or perhaps taken out of context, the source said Variety it was a serious altercation. They also confirmed that the person involved was Miller. (The Daily Beast reached out to one of the video’s original posters and to Prikið for more details, but got no response.)
Eventually, the source said, Prikið Miller’s staff escorted out of the property.
While some started to believe online that the video was some kind of joke, or perhaps taken out of context, the source told Variety it was a serious altercation.
Reykjavík Metropolitan Police press officer Gunnar Rúnar Sveinbjörnsson told The Daily Beast in an email that the police had not been called to the scene and that no one was arrested or taken into custody.
Representatives from Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment.
Miller, who uses s / he pronouns, first saw a career breakout in the early 2010s – first with the 2011 psychological thriller We need to talk about Kevin, and a year later with the coming-of-age drama The advantages of a wallflower are. After a dramatic turn The Stanford Prison Experiment In 2015, Miller broke through 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.
And so Miller remains a key ingredient in two massive Warner franchises. Fantastic beasts will release its third installment next year (minus Johnny Depp), and then 2022 will bring Miller the standalone vehicle The flash-in which they will star opposite Kiersey Clemons as Iris West. Michael Keaton is also on board to reprise his role as Batman.
As Miller’s star continues to rise, the silence surrounding the video will only become more noticeable.