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The Flash is 1 of the astir highly-anticipated upcoming superhero movies. The Warner Bros. film, retired June 16, features Ezra Miller as the titular character. And for a while, the film’s destiny was up successful the aerial owed to contention surrounding Ezra. The 30-year-old histrion (who uses they/them pronouns) has been arrested respective times, and they were charged with burglary into an occupied location and petit larceny successful Vermont. After announcing they were seeking attraction for “complex intelligence wellness issues,” Ezra pleaded guilty to the unlawful trespassing charges and took a plea woody that involves 1 twelvemonth of probation.
Before accepting the plea deal, Ezra could’ve been subjected to up to 25 years successful prison. Ezra’s ineligible troubles, which person died down immensely successful the past year, astir caused occupation for the merchandise of The Flash, but the movie is inactive coming retired arsenic scheduled, though Ezra isn’t doing immoderate property to beforehand it. However, manager Andy Muschietti did accidental helium wouldn’t recast Ezra if determination is simply a sequel film.
Below, HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize astir Ezra’s alleged crimes and controversies.
Ezra Miller arsenic The Flash (Photo: Warner Bros / Everett Collection)
What is Ezra Miller Famous For?
Ezra Miller was calved successful New Jersey and dropped retired of precocious schoolhouse to prosecute an acting career. Their archetypal movie was the 2008 play film Afterschool. Ezra followed that up with the movies We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Trainwreck. The histrion played Credence Barebone/Aurelius Dumbledore successful Disney’s Fantastic Beasts franchise. Ezra’s astir notable tv relation was the CBS miniseries The Stand. They besides appeared successful episodes of Royal Pains on USA Network.
Ezra Miller Arrested
The precise archetypal clip that Ezra was arrested was successful June 2011 erstwhile they were filming Perks of Being a Wallflower. Ezra was reportedly a rider successful a conveyance pulled implicit for a breached brake airy successful Pittsburg. Authorities discovered that Ezra allegedly had marijuana successful their possession and charged the histrion with cause possession. But the charges were yet dropped and Ezra paid a $600 penalty, according to BuzzFeed News.
Ezra Miller (Photo: JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Ezra was arrested 2 much times successful March and April 2022. The first apprehension occurred connected March 28 after an alleged carnal altercation ensued betwixt Ezra and different radical astatine a karaoke barroom successful Hawaii. Ezra was charged with disorderly behaviour and harassment. On April 19, Ezra was arrested again in Hawaii connected suspicion of battle aft allegedly throwing a seat astatine a 26-year-old woman. They pleaded nary contention to disorderly behaviour and was ordered to wage a $500 fine. In a plea deal, prosecutors dropped the harassment complaint and an unrelated postulation charge.
In June 2022, Ezra was accused of harassing a 12-year-old child, Tokata “Gibson” Iron Eyes. The child’s parents filed a impermanent harassment prevention bid for Gibson and Gibson’s parent against Ezra successful Massachusetts, which was granted. In tribunal documents, the parents said, “Ezra uses violence, intimidation, menace of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions and drugs to clasp sway implicit a young teen Tokata Ezra has brainwashed Tokata. Ezra Miller has ensured that Tokata is without a telephone and has fixed her bankcard to different of his workers.”
But Tokata/Gibson denied their parents’ allegations against Ezra. “My begetter and his allegations clasp nary value and are frankly transphobic and based successful the conception that I americium someway incapable of coherent thought oregon opposing opinions to those of my ain kindred worrying astir my good being,” the kid said successful a connection connected Instagram. “I americium present alert of the severity of affectional and intelligence manipulation I was made to endure portion successful my parents home.”
Ezra Miller (Photo: Berzane Nasser/ABACA/Shutterstock)
Ezra was besides arrested connected August 7, 2022. The histrion was charged with felony burglary aft allegedly stealing bottles of intoxicant from a location 3 months earlier successful Stamford, Vermont connected May 1, according to CNN.
On Monday, August 15, Ezra provided a connection to Variety, saying that they are seeking “ongoing” treatment. “Having precocious gone done a clip of aggravated crisis, I present recognize that I americium suffering analyzable intelligence wellness issues and person begun ongoing treatment,” Ezra told the publication. “I privation to apologize to everyone that I person alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I americium committed to doing the indispensable enactment to get backmost to a healthy, harmless and productive signifier successful my life.”
On October 17, Ezra pleaded not blameworthy to the burglary and petit larceny charges. The histrion was facing 26 years successful situation if they were convicted connected some of the charges. According to Variety, the petit larceny charges stated that the items Ezra stole were worthy little than $900. That complaint was a maximum of 1 twelvemonth successful situation and a $1,000 maximum fine, portion the burglary complaint was a maximum of 25 years successful situation and a $1,000 maximum fine.
Ezra’s lawyer Lisa B. Shelkrot said successful a statement, “Ezra Miller this greeting pled not blameworthy to 1 number of burglary and 1 number of petit larceny successful Vermont Superior Court and accepted the court-imposed conditions of not contacting oregon entering the location of the inhabitants. Ezra would similar to admit the emotion and enactment they person received from their household and friends, who proceed to beryllium a captious beingness successful their ongoing intelligence health.”
On January 13, 2023, Ezra accepted a plea woody for their Vermont unlawful trespassing charges. In speech for pleading guilty, Ezra was fixed a $500 good and sentenced to a twelvemonth of probation. “Ezra Miller pled blameworthy this greeting to a misdemeanor unlawful trespass successful Vermont Superior Court and accepted the conditions imposed by the court. Ezra would similar to convey the tribunal and the assemblage for their spot and patience passim this process, and would erstwhile again similar to admit the emotion and enactment they person received from their household and friends, who proceed to beryllium a captious beingness successful their ongoing intelligence health,” their lawyer said successful a connection to Variety.
In April 2023, manager Andy Muschietti broke his soundlessness connected Ezra’s troubles astatine a screening and Q&A for the film. “Ezra is good now,” Andy said, according to Entertainment Weekly. “We’re each hoping that they get better… They’re taking the steps to recovery,” Andy added. “They’re dealing with intelligence wellness issues, but they’re well. We talked to them not excessively agelong ago, and they’re precise committed to getting better.”
Ezra Miller arsenic ‘The Flash’
Ezra made their movie debut arsenic Barry Allen/The Flash successful 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. They had conscionable a little quality successful that movie, arsenic good as Suicide Squad which came retired that aforesaid year. They had a large relation successful 2017’s Justice League, alongside Ben Affleck arsenic Batman, Henry Cavill arsenic Superman, Gal Gadot arsenic Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa arsenic Aquaman, and Ray Fisher arsenic Cyborg. Ezra was besides featured successful 2021’s Zac Snyder’s Justice League, which was archetypal manager Zac Snyder‘s chopped of the film. Ezra besides made a cameo quality successful the play finale of HBO Max’s Peacemaker starring John Cena.
The Flash is Ezra’s archetypal standalone movie successful the DCEU. The movie was officially announced by Warner Bros and DC Films backmost successful October 2014, though it took years for the readying and pre-production stages. Andy Muschietti signed connected arsenic manager successful November 2019. The authoritative statement for the movie reads, “Barry travels backmost successful clip to forestall his mother’s murder, which brings unintended consequences.”
Is ‘The Flash’ Release Cancelled?
The Flash will get successful theaters connected June 16, 2023. After Ezra’s archetypal apprehension successful March 2022, Warner Bros. and DC executives held an “emergency impromptu meeting” to sermon the actor’s aboriginal with the studio, Rolling Stone reported. According to a source, the “consensus successful the country was to deed intermission connected immoderate aboriginal projects involving Miller including imaginable appearances successful the DC Extended Universe.”
Ezra Miller arsenic The Flash (Photo: Warner Bros / Everett Collection)
In June 2022, Deadline reported that the workplace had “tried getting help” for Ezra. “There is nary winning successful this for Warner Bros,” a workplace root told the outlet. “This is an inherited occupation for Zaslav. The anticipation is that the ungraded volition stay astatine a debased level earlier the movie is released, and anticipation for the champion to crook out.”
After Ezra’s felony burglary apprehension successful August 2022, Warner Bros. reportedly came up with 3 imaginable scenarios that could person played retired successful regards to Ezra and The Flash, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A root adjacent to the workplace elaborate these 3 scenarios to the outlet. The archetypal was that if Ezra seeked nonrecreational help, the histrion could springiness an interrogation to explicate their “erratic behaviour implicit the past fewer years.” This script was besides planned to impact Ezra doing constricted property to beforehand The Flash. In the 2nd scenario, wherever Ezra didn’t question help, The Flash would inactive beryllium released arsenic planned but Ezra wouldn’t beryllium progressive successful the selling oregon publicity. The relation of Barry Allen/The Flash would besides beryllium recast for aboriginal DC projects. The 3rd script progressive the concern with Ezra getting worse. If that happened, the workplace would’ve scrapped The Flash entirely contempt it costing $200 cardinal to create.
On August 24, Ezra had a harm power gathering connected the Warner Bros. Burbank batch with their CAA agent, Scott Metzger, and the WB’s caller movie chairs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The league was for Ezra and Scott to laic down a program connected however to support connected way for The Flash’s merchandise day — but, moreover, to springiness the higher ups assurance that Ezra is committed to the movie and is remorseful for the antagonistic press, per the outlet.
Ultimately, Ezra stopped getting into ineligible occupation successful 2022, and things calmed down. That allowed Warner Bros. to determination guardant with The Flash, and the workplace has released several trailers for the movie up of its June 16 release. Ezra has not done immoderate property to beforehand the superhero flick. On June 3, Variety reported that Ezra volition “make a low-profile appearance” astatine the film’s Los Angeles premiere connected June 12, but the histrion volition lone beryllium posing for photos, and won’t talk to reporters. “Ezra wants the movie to unfastened and the speech to beryllium astir the movie and not astir Ezra,” a root adjacent to Ezra told Variety. “They are focused connected their intelligence wellness and don’t privation it to beryllium transactional.”
Despite each the contention surrounding Ezra, manager Andy Muschietti said that they’d bring the histrion backmost for The Flash 2, if it happens. “I don’t deliberation there’s anyone that tin play that quality arsenic good arsenic they did,” Andy said astir Ezra connected the Discourse podcast, according to Entertainment Weekly. “The different depictions of the quality are great, but this peculiar imaginativeness of the character, they conscionable excelled successful doing it. And, arsenic you said, the 2 Barrys — it feels similar a quality that was made for them,” helium added.
‘The Flash’ Movie Cast
Ezra is the main prima of The Flash and they supposedly plays aggregate characters and is successful each scene, per THR. The afloat formed is filled with A-list stars. Michael Keaton is reprising his relation arsenic Batman. Michael played Batman in Tim Burton‘s movies from the precocious 1980s/early 1990s. He was besides expected to beryllium in Batgirl, which was canceled wholly by Warner Bros. Ben Affleck will besides beryllium playing his Batman from the DCEU. Ben and Ezra person worked unneurotic connected erstwhile DCEU films. Ron Livingston is playing Barry’s father, Henry Allen. Ron is replacing Billy Crudup, who antecedently played the quality successful the DCEU. Maribel Verdu volition play Barry’s mother, Nora Allen, who was murdered erstwhile helium was a kid. Kiersey Clemons is starring arsenic Iris West, Barry’s emotion interest.
The formed besides includes Michael Shannon as General Zod, 1 of Superman’s biggest villains. Ante Traeu is playing Faora-Ul, General Zoë’s right-hand woman. Sasha Calle is playing Supergirl successful her DCEU debut. Sasha is the archetypal Latina histrion to play Supergirl. Nicolas Cage is making a cameo arsenic an alternate mentation of Superman. Gal Gadot is supposedly making a cameo arsenic Wonder Woman. Tamuera Morrison is besides expected to look arsenic Aquaman’s father, Thomas Curry. Reverse Flash, who is Barry’s main foe from the comics, is supposedly the main villain of the film. It hasn’t been officially announced who is playing Reverse Flash.
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