Warner Bros was aware of Ezra Miller mental problems during Flash production

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Will Smith isn’t the only Hollywood star facing career backlash in the wake of a public outburst.

On March 30, Warner Bros. and DC executives held an emergency impromptu meeting to discuss Ezra Miller’s future with the studio following The Flash star’s recent arrest for disorderly conduct and harassment. According to a knowledgeable source, the consensus in the room was to hit pause on any future projects involving Miller including possible appearances in the DC Cinematic Universe.

The studio has more than a year before it has to make any hard decisions about a potential sequel to The Flash. Warner Bros. also has avoided making any key decisions on tentpoles ahead of Discovery taking control of WarnerMedia in a $43 billion mega-merger. WarnerMedia chief Ann Sarnoff announced on Tuesday that she is exiting the company as AT&T spins off its entertainment division to Discovery. Last month, Warner Bros. moved the Andrés Muschietti-helmed first installment The Flash — a production fraught with drama — from Nov. 4, 2022 to June 23, 2023.

One insider says Miller had “frequent meltdowns” during production last year on The Flash. While the insider stresses there was no yelling or violent outbursts, they described Miller as “losing it.” “Ezra would get a thought in [their] head and say, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing,'” the insider tells Rolling Stone.

According to the March 28 police report, Miller became agitated after patrons at a Hawaii bar began singing karaoke. Miller shouted obscenities and grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman as she was singing and allegedly lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts. The 29-year-old movie star was arrested and charged on both counts and was released on $500 bail. The incident took place at Margarita Village in Hilo, Hawaii, the day before Miller’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore castmates were celebrating that film’s world premiere in London.

Even more troubling, a local couple filed a temporary restraining order against Miller on March 29. The couple claimed that after Miller’s arrest, Miller burst into their bedroom and threatened them, with Miller saying to the man, “I will burry [sic] you and and your slut wife,” according to the report. The petition also alleges that Miller stole the woman’s passport and the man’s wallet, which included a social security card, driver’s license and bank cards. A judge granted a TRO the following day. The judge is expected to make a decision on whether or not to extend the restraining order by the end of the month.

The Hawaii incidents are the latest in a series of troubling events involving Miller. In April 2020, footage of the actor apparently choking a woman at an Iceland bar circulated on social media. The Justice League star was kicked out of Prikið Kaffihús bar, but no arrests were made. (Miller has never commented on the incident.) Sources say the Iceland footage gave Warner Bros. pause at the time, but Miller was not kicked off Secrets of Dumbledore like castmate Johnny Depp, who lost his libel case against a British tabloid, which had referred to the actor as a “wife beater.”

In January, Miller posted a since-deleted video on Instagram threatening a North Carolina chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. The actor told members of the chapter to kill themselves with their own guns, otherwise “we’ll do it for you if that’s what you want.”

Miller shot Fantastic Beasts and The Flash back to back for the studio in London in fall 2020 and spring 2021, respectively. Given the positive buzz on early footage of The Flash, the film was expected to catapult Miller into a rarified group of actors who can carry a major box-office hit.

But the Hawaii incidents are expected to cause PR headaches for the star and Warner Bros. In the TRO petition, the couple noted that Miller “is famous and wealthy; this makes access to weapons much easier; as well as sending associates to harass the petitioner.”

Miller is known to have a fascination with weapons. During a 2018 cover interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Miller offered to show this reporter the crossbow from the film We Need to Talk About Kevin, in which the teen actor portrayed a high school killer. “You wanna see the real bow and arrow from Kevin, man? ‘Cause I got it right back there. I really do,” Miller said at the actor’s Vermont farm. “People usually don’t want to see it when I ask them. They usually say, ‘No, I prefer to not see that bow and arrow.’ And I say, ‘OK. It’s up to you.'”

During the interview, Miller also defended gun rights. “People need to protect themselves,” the actor said. In fact, Miller, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, said they don’t have a problem with people owning semi-automatic weapons. “Nope.” That passage initially appeared in a sidebar story on the actor but was pulled at the behest of the actor’s publicist following a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Miller first burst onto the scene as a teenager in Antonio Campos’ 2008 drama Afterschool, which centered on an Internet-addicted prep-school student who captures the drug overdose of two girls on video. The actor quickly landed at the top of wish lists among the major studios and was paid low seven figures each for both Fantastic Beasts and The Flash stand-alone. But Miller‘s behavior has become increasingly erratic in recent years, putting their career in expensive tentpoles that require lengthy publicity tours in jeopardy.

A source says Miller was never expected to attend the Fantastic Beasts premiere because their publicity plans for the film were limited given that they was saving contractual promotion commitments for The Flash. Fantastic Beasts hits theaters in the U.S. on April 15.

Rolling Stone reached out to Margarita Village, Prikið Kaffihús and the couple who were granted the restraining order but did not receive a response. Reps for Miller and Warner Bros. declined comment.

As for Smith, who also is a part of the DC Cinematic Universe as supervillain Deadshot, Warner Bros. and DC had been developing a Smith-led stand-alone film for Deadshot but had put it on the backburner long before his Oscars assault of Chris Rock. Smith, whose price tag was $20 million for Warner Bros. King Richard, priced himself out well before his controversy. Despite Smith’s apology to Rock, studios are reevaluating the actor’s involvement in various projects around Hollywood.

The weirdest part of the Ezra Miller story is that his father is the very dour and dull publisher of an imprint at MacMillan books in New York, the unlikeliest man in the world to have such a raving lunatic as a son (can you say son if his pronoun is "them/their'?

If Hollywood has to cancel all their actors because of mental illness, it’ll be a ghost town.

R5 I don't know. You'd be surprised how many over educated, type A Ivy League successes produce " off" children.

FYI the timing of this is amusing because the executive ranks at WB are being purged as we speak with Discovery merger closing on Friday, so old scores are being settled

His continued employment is quite odd. Nowadays producers won't hesitate to remove anyone with a whiff of impropriety. He's lasted surprisingly long and I don't quite get why. Miller was once a very promising indie actor but I doubt he has an enormous fan base or pull. I would be worried about insuring him.

He’s a genuinely talented actor but one can’t fail to notice how Warner Bros treated Ray Fisher like a toxic asset while overlooking Miller’s behavior

Miller is not only white, but also a member of the tribe

Since when was being a raging asshole a "mental problem"?

And to now learn he's a gun nut as well.

What I’m curious about as well is that stars have been recast mid-film (Back to the Future); why would the studio risk continuing the production on an obviously unwell actor who will be covered in a costume most of the time?

I read The Flash comic religiously as a tween and it's always bugged me that when casting the TV/film versions, they always hire a dark-haired, dark-eyed actor to play Barry Allen, who was blond and blue-eyed in the comics.

This was on DeuxMoi yesterday

Supposedly, this latest Fantastic Beasts movie is a decent place to stop if they decide it’s no longer worth the hassle. And thanks to the whole "multiverse" idea, they can always replace Ezra with Grant Gustin or any other cute Twink Du Jour.

Every day it becomes more apparent he played himself in We Need To Talk About Kevin.

His mother is even a bohemian type (dancer/artist/writer) sort of like Tilda was in the film!

[quote]Miller is not only white, but also a member of the tribe.

Nail on the head. He is Jewish. They run the entertainment industry and have different rules for their own. Look at uggos Beanie, Jonah and Mayim. They would all respectively have ZERO career if bot for their Jewishness.

R14 if true this is a institutionalization level of crazy.

Edit : an institutionalization level.

Schizophrenia is what I'm thinking.

Is a conservatorship next I wonder?

[quote]why would the studio risk continuing the production on an obviously unwell actor who will be covered in a costume most of the time?

The guy in Hawaii who posted about this on Reddit said Miller would accuse anyone he didn't like of transphobia, colonialism and anti-Semitism. I bet that played a big role - having another Justice League actor making those kind of complaints would've been a disaster for Warner

A crazy tranny. Shocking.

R9, Ansel and Armie say hi! I know they’re also Jews, but studios knew and didn’t care.

This is pot is bad. Miller is a huge pot head and probably has schizophrenia in his genes. Dope sets it off.

Armie Hammer is not a Jew.

I don't think his ethnicity is why he hasn't been fired. Technically he's only half jewish, from his fathers side. Don't Jewish people not even consider that to be really jewish?What's more likely is that he has a special friend in a very high place. His continued employment is baffling. The stuff that's being described isn't quirky eccentric. It's batshit off the wall stuff that makes you wonder what exactly he is capable of.

He's been known to be not right in the head for a long time.

That's a shame.

The stuff about the bare feet and the mucous is vile. He is as crazy as those,Disney stars.

[quote]What's more likely is that he has a special friend in a very high place. His continued employment is baffling.

Hell, his employment at all was baffling. That Warner put him in two franchises, despite him having no history of being any kind of a draw, despite his weirdness. It's not like he's some great talent either. So yeah, it absolutely has to be friends in high places. Be interesting to see if that friend kept their power after the Discovery merger

He is giving us FACE in OP's pic. At least he's losing his mind while still being fierce.

Warner Bros didn’t put him in Flash out of nowhere, jeez, Zack Snyder personally cast him as Flash and he had carte blanche with casting. He wanted relative unknowns to be the Justice League members, aside from Ben Affleck. The problem with this is that you take chances on people who can turn out to be un-starworthy like Miller and Fisher.

[quote]Hell, his employment at all was baffling. That Warner put him in two franchises, despite him having no history of being any kind of a draw, despite his weirdness. I

Because Ezra's agent, Scott Metzger, is great and is also responsible for Zoe Kravitz's career.

[quote]Warner Bros didn’t put him in Flash out of nowhere, jeez, Zack Snyder personally cast him as Flash and he had carte blanche with casting.

Snyder flat out said he cast Ezra after watching "Perks of Being a Wallflower" which Ezra got by old fashioned auditioning. Ezra wasn't a "relatively unknown" after that movie, and was already getting magazine covers and pushed as the newest "heartthrob." (And of course there's "We Need to Talk About Kevin.")

[Quote] And thanks to the whole "multiverse" idea, they can always replace Ezra with Grant Gustin

Not going to happen.

That 'Kevin' movie is one of the creepiest films I've ever seen. Granted, I watched it late at night on TCM. Tilda as his detached mum was creepy enough, but the bow and arrow scene was horrifying.

Wasn't Ezra the one that posed in the Playboy Bunny ears a few years back?

Another psychotic tranny.

The shquirrelsh told me

Such a shame.

Just having a bad day - it happens.

Why the hell would someone rich and famous be hanging out in Hilo? Rough trade search? Hilo is a DUMP. It's where the poor hostel tourists and locals hang out. and that bar is a trashy dive.

R41 maybe they don’t have squirrels

Did you ever think of that?

R36 The book was quite chilling as well.

Hollywood will put up with any star's shit as long as they think they are "manageable" and make them money... remember when Shia LaBeouf was supposed to be the hot young indie star to reboot a franchise? Or how CBS put up with Charlie Sheen's having to be propped up against furniture to say his lines until his public comments/behavior went beyond the pale?

But Ezra has never been a star.

[quote]Hollywood will put up with any star's shit as long as they think they are "manageable" and make them money...

But NOT if they continually have legal issues which involve physical or sexual assault. That pass stopped a long time ago with the rise of social media.

Shia's star fell a long time ago because he was too hard to control. Ezra is probably headed into the same boat if Ezra isn't already there.

The Harry Potter franchise just dumped Johnny Depp, so wouldn't think twice before replacing Miller.

[quote] The problem with this is that you take chances on people who can turn out to be un-starworthy like Miller and Fisher.

Why did you pull Ray Fisher into this, r33?! He was the best thing about the Snyder Cut of JL. He's a good actor and very handsome.

Ray Fisher is really unstable. He hasn’t worked since Justice League (not including the Zack Snyder project he was cast in last month.)

I've heard no such reports about Fisher. He was blackballed because he spoke out against Wedon and WB. Seeing how Wedon marginalized his character in the theatrical JL-- which made the film awful-- it is clear Wedon had a bias against him.

He was awful as Flash, that characters suppose to be the fun and energetic of the league, he was just very awkward and on coke. On the other hand, that awkwardness was great for his character in fantastic beasts.

Ray Fisher accused Whedon of racism but never cited an example of what he actually did to him, and when Warner Bros acquiesced to the investigation, he never showed up to the interview. He’s totally toxic which is why no one but Zack Snyder has ever cast him in anything in five years.

So….he looks like someone with mental problems.

R42, outside of zoos, there are no squirrels in Hawaii. No, instead, there are fucking mongoose.

Oh God I was right

Hope he gets help.

[quote]Ray Fisher accused Whedon of racism but never cited an example of what he actually did to him,

Joss Whedon? Joss Whedon who even Gal Gadot outright said threatened to destroy her career? Ray Fisher was not the only person that accused Joss Whedon of bad behavior. Even Ben Affleck hated his ass. Ray Fisher discussed what Joss did to him in interview, as did other people who worked with Joss including a few who said he had issues with race.

[quote]and when Warner Bros acquiesced to the investigation, he never showed up to the interview.

Once again, wrong.

[quote]Christy Haubegger — head of communications at WarnerMedia and the company’s top inclusion officer — said on the call with Fisher that the studio’s statement that Fisher had refused to cooperate with the investigation had been based on “third-hand” information. The studio’s communications department had been “responding emotionally” to Fisher’s public allegations against Hamada, she said, adding, “I think they believed what they were saying was true.” Fisher wondered why anyone at the studio, which was ostensibly the subject of the investigation, would comment at all.

So, no. That's not what happened.

[quote]He’s totally toxic which is why no one but Zack Snyder has ever cast him in anything in five years.

Except for the two critically acclaimed tv series he did between then.

R52 = Joss Wedon

R52 yes i'm sure Ray, Ben and Gal were the problem. Not anyone else. Certainly not the shitheads at WB.

I had no idea the complex bullshit Ray Fisher had to put up with, or the myriad of high-powered shitstains and their fuck wet he had to endure.

Many upcoming actors would have caved or fallen for their placating, empty assurances.

Other actors will hopefully benefit from his tenacity and those greedy, bullying dictators will be deposed.

*fuckery not fuck wet🙄

Have they tested Miller for rabies?

Of course they had to mention that he's nonbinary.

After their experiences with Daffy Duck and the Tazmanian Devil they should be used to this.

I thought he was one of the best young actors in Hollywood after seeing him in Kevin, Another Happy Day, and Perks of Being A Wallflower. Then I saw an interview with him where he came across completely insane and I figured it would never happen. This was 2012.

How did people who are supposed to be good at their jobs in Hollywood throw so much goddamned money behind someone who has been sliding into complete madness over the past ten years? That’s like handing a drug addict your ATM card while you run inside a store real quick.

I understand why WB backed him more than Fisher as a handsome talented white young actor has the potential to headline various projects while Fisher was a diversity hire who couldn’t get through his first job without throwing ghetto diva antics, but still…Ezra Miller is not a basket to put your multibillion franchises in.

Even with all her problems, she's still a good girl. Mama approves.

I am NOT a crazy transvestite!

The only scandals Grant Gustin might have is:

He didn't respond fast enough early on to the racism directed towards Candice Patton.

He may or may not have been on Ryan Murphy alleged casting couch during his time on Glee.

He allegedly fucked around on his ex-girlfriend with several women. One of them being the woman who is now his wife allegedly.

Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of my favorite movies so this sucks. But yeah, no surprise. He's been a mess for AGES. He needs help ASAP.

Not in Hawaii, obviously..

How do people like him become successful in showbizz? There are people who are far more disciplined, talented and educated who never get anywhere near to his level.

[quote] I am NOT a crazy transvestite!

You ARE a crazy transvestite.

[Quote] while Fisher was a diversity hire who couldn’t get through his first job without throwing ghetto diva antics,

Oh fuck off, Joss.

[Quote] He may or may not have been on Ryan Murphy alleged casting couch during his time on Glee. He allegedly fucked around on his ex-girlfriend with several women. One of them being the woman who is now his wife allegedly.

Every actor on a RM show has a casting couch rumour. And fidelity is a rarity in Hollywood.

It’s a shame. They’re very good looking. I’m sorry to hear this.

He looks like Kate Jackson on heroin.

R73 = hypocritical tranny

Hollywood is about connections and marketability. Talent seems secondary. The casting couch only works for a limited time. So many pretty boys and girls disappear from fame pretty quickly if audiences don't respond to them.

Ezra was a cute young guy who turned out to be mentally ill. He actually did say he was sexually abused which could explain the nonbinary schtick and trying to de-sexualize himself. I could tell he was unstable and this is not surprising. A thought disorder?

I was confused by his casting from the get-go.

I mean, I know Hollywood is a tough and fickle business, but there are people playing with hundreds of millions of dollars who get it so blatantly wrong.

Not a fan of this guy. Seems very thirsty and he looks a mess in every pic I've seen of him.

So WB was aware he had/s mental problems? They seem to be more intent on working out how they can still exploit him rather than getting their 'star' some help. Hollywood really is a cesspool.

[quote]I was confused by his casting from the get-go.

Ezra was cast based on that, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" performance. Ezra was cute, goofy, sometimes kinda' sassy, mysterious yet still relatable. That's "The Flash" they wanted.

Problem is, Ezra Miller is fucking insane now.

Bipolar + drug addict

WB's casting for DCEU aside from Affleck, Cavill, Fisher, and Gadot has been mediocre to atrocious.

Jason's fine as Aquaman. Think they could have done alot better than Zoe for Catwoman.

I think Ezra is excellent casting for The Flash. He was charming, handsome, and funny in Justice League.

The fact of the matter is that the damaged maniac having psychotic meltdowns in Hawaii right now has far more movie star appeal than the gay meerkat who plays the same role in some downmarket TV spin-off. That’s why they each got the roles they got.

Ezra Miller being crazy won’t make Grant Gustin a star.

[quote] Think they could have done alot better than Zoe for Catwoman.

I think she is fabulous as Catwoman. Best role she's had to date.

R67 just says it all. 🤣

[Quote] the gay meerkat who plays the same role in some downmarket TV spin-off.

Lmao 😂

[quote]Of course they had to mention that he's nonbinary.

Because it adds to the picture of zyr being totally NUTS.

R85, Kravitz was fine as Catwoman, but her best role was as the lead in Soderbergh’s Kimi. I’ve always thought she was competent and likable, but she really impressed me in that.

Also, if Miller’s undeniable level of batshit crazy means he can’t do franchises anymore, he’ll have to go back to indies like We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Stanford Prison Experiment and Another Happy Day. That’s really where he belongs anyway.

People love Zoe as Catwoman. She is awesome in That role

R90 sure Jan

I was not wailing and flailing about like a banshee! I was recreating the music video for Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights!

A they/them who is mentally unstable? Unpossible!

R78 their star has his own agency and is highly paid to be able to deliver a performance. He clearly thinks he can handle it.

I think it's notable how people act like it's Hollywood taking advantage of Ezra rather than the other way around - him seeing how much nonsense he can get away with before he's slapped back.

He is an adult and knows what he's doing.

He’s quite ugly . Autistic or skizo

R94 Agreed, I'm fed up with this insistence it must be mental issues rather than him just being an asshole. Funny how there was no talk of these 'mental issues' when he was an indie actor, and couldn't get away with it. Funny how they only showed up when he booked two franchises.

They never should've cast this nasally, femmy little twerp in the part. It was a horrible re-interpretation of the character and equally horrible casting. Hack Snyder does some casting that is downright deranged: Ezra Miller, Gal "can't act my way out of a wet paper bag" Gadot, Malin Akerman in Watchmen. He did so much to ruin DC's chances of competing successfully against Marvel.

Psychiatric medication, a bath, hair plugs and jaw reduction surgery could do wonders for them.

Also can surgery fix their feet? Their feet are as bad as Madonna's hands.

His collapse is nearly complete

Wasn't Ezra Miller the person who sung some of the Schoolhouse Rock tunes?

Yet another brunet, r99? Are there not any blond actors available? Barry Allen is blond.

Blond cis white males are triggering for audiences r101. Racism, colonialism and white male privilege. They're all cancelled.

[quote] a member of the tribe

Choctaw or Blackfoot?

R99 I thought they wanted Dylan for Nightwing? They should just pick a newbie to replace Ezra.

I couldn't remember who he was, so I checked out his Wikipedia entry. Someone edited it using "they" as his pronoun. I didn't realize how much I hated this pronoun nonsense until I experienced the confusion it caused. FFS, stop this craziness.

All the pronoun garbage is being pushed by literal fucking Nazis. They should be hated by all good people.

TMZ has the video of him being arrested. He's a total dick. Recording police, screaming at them to give their name and badge numbers, accusing an officer of touching his dick when you can clearly see he isn't, and then yelling that he's trans non-binary and demanding not to be searched by a male police officer

This asshole should really be run out of Hollywood. What a fucking nutcase.

He most likely has schizophrenia, right? With some drugs dumped on top.

Horrible illness, at least he has family to pay for his treatment and provide support. As long as he doesn't try to kill them, which is what happened to Nick Cave's schizophrenic son, who assaulted his mother and recently committed suicide.

LOCK HIM UP

Has there ever been an example of a studio completely discarding a completed big-budget film -- not just tossing it to direct-to-video or some such thing, but completely shelving the movie, never to see the light of day? WB's options here are terrible.

Who does he think he is? Frances Farmer?

WB really shot themselves in the foot with this lunatic. They have a fortune riding on the Flash.

Trans nut!

He's a they them so criticizing him is literal violence.

They’re so talented that it’s a shame to see this happen to them. We hope they can get their shit together before the movie opens as they have to do a press tour. Can you imagine them going on talk shows and doing interviews? What a mess it’ll be for them.

themthemthemthemthemthemthemthem

I feel sorry for they. All that Hollywood drama and pressure got to them.

Surprised that DC is considering Dylan O'Brien after the drama on the Maze Runner when a stunt gone wrong caused the production to shut down indefinitely.

[quote] WB's casting for DCEU aside from Affleck, Cavill, Fisher, and Gadot has been mediocre to atrocious.

Fat Affleck? He made Batman look like a Minecraft character in a live action movie.

I count Gadot as being atrocious. She's a terrible actress and her accent is supremely annoying when she tries to emote or even deliver more than one line at a time.

I thought Gal was pretty charming as WW. But they were asking alot of her in WW84.

[quote]Surprised that DC is considering Dylan O'Brien after the drama on the Maze Runner when a stunt gone wrong caused the production to shut down indefinitely.

Exactly. They’re just asking for trouble casting him. Do they want another accident?

Was Dylan the cause of the accident? I thought he was just an innocent party in a stunt-gone-wrong?

Yeah he was innocent in it, not sure what r118 and r121 are on about

[quote] Was Dylan the cause of the accident?

[quote] Yeah he was innocent in it,

What you mean with innocent? He insisted on doing the stunt himself instead of letting a stunt double do it, and that put the production at risk.

That's why productions have stunt doubles in the first place.

R124 heard he had a ❄ problem too at the time. It's interesting because he recently did an interview about not being taken seriously behind the scenes. But he was probably talking more about Teen Wolf.

r124 And? Obviously the producers agreed to his request, so yeah, innocent.

[quote]He insisted on doing the stunt himself instead of letting a stunt double do it, and that put the production at risk.

Even if he said he would be okay with doing the stunt it still falls on the production to make sure that the stunt is safe to do. They told him it was, they even rehearsed it 5 times, he was seriously injured and it is still on the production.

He also wasn't the only person that got hurt during that production.

The procedures put in place when returned to set should have been in place before he did the stunt.

And the fact that he didn't go on a massive raging rant against the studio and everyone involved in the production is a bonus to people who potentially want to hire him. He'll play the game.

[Quote] And the fact that he didn't go on a massive raging rant against the studio and everyone involved in the production is a bonus

Well that's not really his style.

You know what this reminds me of Charlie Sheen going crazy.

Every photograph I see of this exudes a really dark, evil kind of energy.

^ this *guy (or nonbinary, narcissist or whatever)

It’s terrible that this autogynephile freak gets high profile movie roles simply because he’s a well connected Jew while gay actors can’t get arrested in the busines.