Worth reading the whole article, there's a lot here. I posted this in the old thread, but New News = New Thread
"The erasure of people of color from the 2017 theatrical version of Justice League was neither an accident nor coincidence," Ray Fisher calmly, but sternly stated.
"For one thing, the cast and crew were told that Zack had handpicked Joss to finish the film for him. I didn't find out until after the reshoots that that was a complete lie." Fisher began. "I heard whispers and rumblings of things being off behind the scenes, but nothing concrete until much later. They had us go out to San Diego Comic-Con in 2017 and say Zack picked Joss and that Joss was a great guy. I still have the email with those talking points."
Fisher explained to Forbes the exact moment he decided he needed to take a public stand.
"What set my soul on fire and forced me to speak out about Joss Whedon this summer was my becoming informed that Joss had ordered that the complexion of an actor of color be changed in post-production because he didn't like the color of their skin tone," Fisher firmly stated. "Man, with everything 2020's been, that was the tipping point for me." Whedon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
After Zack Snyder left Justice League's production in early 2017 following a family tragedy, Warner Bros. Pictures brought in Joss Whedon to conduct reshoots that heavily altered the original film. The cast of the film was taken aback by the things that happened in Snyder's absence. Yet, the cast was not aware of how bad things were about to get.
"You've got to understand, Zack stepped away to be with his family, and we wanted to give him space to do that," Fisher said. "He and I didn't speak for about a year after he left."
"You really have to ask yourself, what's more plausible—that I would purposely torpedo my career by making statements about powerful figures in Hollywood, that, if untrue, could be easily refuted. OR a handful people in positions of power said and did terrible things in order to maintain that power during a massive corporate merger."
While Fisher was candid about his frustration with the studio, he was still clear that he's not at war with the entire studio.
"I'm not in a fight with Warner Bros." Fisher sighed. "I'm in a fight with a handful of people that are attempting to use Warner Bros. to cover their tracks. All the significant film and tv work I've done has been under the WarnerMedia banner. I love what I do and who I've been blessed to do it with."
