It’s been a while since we last mentioned the “Justice League” case. The release of Zack Snyder’s version has pleased fans, although we would obviously like to see more. After all this fuss, Joss Whedon breaks the silence and delivers his truths on this tumultuous affair.
Justice League : back on a scandal that made so much noise
The year 2021 will have been the one during which the end point of the affair took place Justice League, as Zack Snyder had been fighting for years to get his vision shown to the public.
In 2016, Warner entrusted him with the project Justice League. A huge reunion between popular superheroes from the DC house. During the shooting, the director must leave his post following the death of his daughter, Autumn. A drama that takes him away from the sets but the studio can’t let go Justice League. Something that is understandable when you know that a budget of around 300 million dollars has been mobilized. Joss Whedon is called in to complete the job. Huge reshoots take place in order to shoot a completely different film. At its output, Justice League is an artistic debacle.
Zack Snyder reacts and claims that all this has nothing to do with his vision. Over time, the actors report their experience on set with Joss Whedon. The latter is singled out for his inappropriate behavior. In particular, Ray Fisher did not go out of his way on Twitter and in the media:
Anyway, the story ended relatively well. Zack Snyder released his 4-hour edit on HBO Max, with the help of Warner who clearly identified the marketing move it could make. We then discovered an ample feature film, much richer and more interesting than the porridge of 2017.
Joss Whedon breaks the silence and delivers his four truths
A huge article in the New YorkMagazine looks back at the controversial personality of Joss Whedon and his career. If it’s obvious that the boy left good things to popular culture (buffy the vampire slayer, firefly, the first avengers), his career took a hit. Throughout the article, he is offered the opportunity to provide his version of the facts and to react to the various attacks. Inevitably, it is about experience Justice League. The article explains that Joss Whedon simply had to step in to fix the problems of the film, while having a role “restricted“, but he quickly realized that the Warner had “lost faith” in Snyder’s vision and that he would benefit from greater control.
In addition to turning the film upside down, he arrives with a way of leading that the stars don’t like. He requires them to say the lines as they are written, where Zack Snyder had established greater freedoms. One day, Joss Whedon couldn’t take any more of his cast, to the point of making things clear on the set by claiming that he had never worked with such a “rude group of people”. Atmosphere.
Answers to Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher
He takes advantage of the article to respond to the statements of Gal Gadot, who did not hesitate to openly criticize him, even going so far as to suggest that she had been threatened:
English is not her first language, and I tend to be annoying and flowery when I speak.
I don’t threaten people. Who do this ?
The interpreter of Wonder Woman briefly reacted to New York Magazine by declaring that she had understood her words very well at the time.
As for Ray Fisher’s case, Joss Whedon explains why he cut Cyborg’s arc. accused of racism, he counters by saying that this narrative line “made no logical sense” and that the actor’s acting was bad. An opinion a priori shared by the spectators of the test screenings. They reportedly referred to Cyborg as “worst movie character“. Joss Whedon does not necessarily understand Ray Fisher’s position in the media. He points out that he gave him his point of view on Cyborg for hours through friendly and respectful conversations. Note that Zack Snyder had an opinion totally opposed on the use of Cyborg. So much so that he considers him to be the heart of his film!
In his tracks, he slides a tackle against Zack Snyder fans who have behaved toxically on social networks by calling him a bad husband and a fake feminist:
They don’t care about feminism.
The early internet made me rise, and the modern internet made me sink. The perfect symmetry does not escape me.
Despite this fairly relevant analysis of his trajectory, his defense should not help him restore his image…
