Just when fans thought about the controversy over Zack Snyder’s version of League of Justice When the release of Snyder’s cut was announced on HBO Max next year, a new ugly dispute has arisen. Ray Fisher, the actor playing the role of Cyborg in the film, recently accused Joss Whedon, who took over Snyder’s directing duties for the film, for unprofessional behavior on set. Although Whedon has yet to respond, former Warner Bros. co-president of production Jon Berg issued a statement to Variety alleging that Fisher himself acted unprofessionally.
“Memory [Fisher] upset because we wanted him to say ‘Booyah’ which is a well-known saying from Cyborg in the animated series. “
The statement comes as a result of the original message. Ray Fisher aired on Twitter that started the controversy, in which he specifically called Berg and former DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer Geoff Johns.
“Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of the Justice League was rude, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. It was empowered, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Responsibility> Entertainment.”
Berg has stated that it is “categorically untrue that we have enabled any unprofessional behavior.” And his new indictment against Fisher’s unwillingness to utter Cyborg’s catchphrase returns the ball to the actor’s court for a response. Interestingly, Fisher has already weighed in on the matter during a recent interview with Black Cape magazine, confirming that he was unwilling to use key phrases.
“[Zack Snyder] He trusted me to be like the administrator or guardian of that particular perspective. We are dealing with a black character, number one, but we are also dealing with a character with different abilities. That’s a whole ‘other layer. That is another facet. That’s another representation that needs to be considered. “
“So it was important to me, it’s important especially to them as well, that Cyborg not only be relegated to being the catchphrase spitting ‘cool Black dude’. That’s not something I’m interested in seeing. It’s definitely nothing I’m interested in to portray “.
It was this commitment to creating an authentic voice for the Cyborg character rather than a two-dimensional cartoon that seems to have led Fisher to collide with studio executives over the representation of the superhero. The actor goes on to explain how his nuanced nuance of the character was clouded by the theatrical cut of League of Justice, which he hopes to see remedied in Snyder’s court.
“At the end of the day, I know how all these things are going. I know how I would [feel], seeing something like this if you were seeing things that are stereotyped, or if you have a Cyborg screaming phrases every two seconds. The point is, I know where things can get problematic. I know what I, as a black man, don’t appreciate seeing, do I? If I come from that place, then I can go ahead and better lead the conversation. “
“So at the end of the day, I think the base we built, regarding Zack’s version of the Justice League, definitely informed what finally became the theatrical version.”
“But, you know, sometimes you have to pick and choose your battles to fight. And that’s just Hollywood, period. That isn’t even something specific for this particular company or this particular project. Like I said, when you see the version Zack’s, you know … it’s a … you’ll see. “
This news was originally reported on Variety with additional information from The Black Cape.
Topics: Justice League, Snyder Court
