What to Know About Ezra Miller and ‘The Flash’
“The Flash,” the much-delayed Warner Bros. superhero film about a speedster who travels back in time to try to prevent his mother’s murder, is finally, actually, for real hitting theaters on Friday. Based on the DC Comics character, the new blockbuster has survived three director changes and, most recently, the legal troubles of its star superhero, Ezra Miller.
Miller, 30, who is nonbinary, made headlines after three separate incidents in spring 2022 in which they were accused of harassment and yelling obscenities at a bar in Hawaii, hurling a chair and injuring a woman, and breaking into a Vermont home and stealing bottles of alcohol.
With most of those cases now resolved, here’s a look at what happened, the film’s thorny development history and how Miller’s controversies might shape the future of the franchise.
When did Ezra Miller get involved in “The Flash”?
Miller, then 22, was cast in 2014. At the time, the actor was known primarily for a standout turn in the 2012 adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s young-adult novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” They have since played the Flash in several films and TV series in the DC Extended Universe, including the 2016 blockbusters “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad,” as well as 2017’s “Justice League.”
Source: The New York Times
