Ray Fisher continues to advocate for accountability over entertainment. The Justice League actor, who portrayed Victor Stone/Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe film, has clashed with Rolling Stone employees over his involvement, or lack thereof, in the magazine's recent piece on how the viral online campaign for Zack Snyder's director's cut of 2017's Justice League was fueled by bot accounts.
The conflict arose after Fisher tweeted to Rolling Stone and senior writer Tatiana Siegel to amend the article after it stated that Fisher and his team "declined to comment to Rolling Stone." Noah Shachtman, Editor in Chief of Rolling Stone, responded to Fisher's tweet with a screenshot of "one of several emails [Rolling Stone] sent your reps." The screenshot was of an email sent to Fisher's team asking the actor to comment on if he helped Snyder "weaponize the SnyderCut fandom." Fisher later called out Schachtman for excluding the section of the email where Siegel had switched the deadline for the actor to comment on the article. He then accused Schachtman of "Trying to spin half-furnished emails into a 'gotcha'" and asked Rolling Stone to "please rein in your employees. This is embarrassing and amateurish."
This is not Fisher's first time responding to the Rolling Stone article. The actor had previously called out the article's claim that fake accounts fueled the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement online. "Exclusive: Waning reporter ([Tatiana Siegel]) fails to overshadow digital release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League with contrived hit piece—Warner Bros. mourns. Sources say reporter still butt hurt after being called out on lies in 2021," Fisher tweeted, alongside a screenshot of a May 11, 2021 tweet from Fisher that called out Siegel for alleging that Snyder was the individual responsible for cutting Kiersey Clemons from the 2017 theatrical cut of Justice League.
Ray Fisher and Accountability Over Entertainment
In 2020, Fisher accused director Joss Whedon, who served as writer and director on Justice League's reshoots following Snyder's departure from the film, of "gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable" behavior on the film's set. The actor would later expand on these accusations, which would go on to include producer Geoff Johns as well. After making these comments public, Fisher stated that Walter Hamada called him and asked for him to recant his statements. The actor's accusations prompted WarnerMedia to launch an investigation into the events that occurred on Whedon's Justice League set. The investigation concluded with Warner Bros. announcing that no evidence of abuse could be found. Fisher has continued to call for an independent inquiry while Whedon, Johns, Beg, Hamada and former Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Chairman Toby Emmerich have all denied Fisher's claims.
The Snyder Cut of Justice League, officially titled Zack Snyder's Justice League, was created shortly after the release of the 2017 DC film, calling on Warner Bros. to release Snyder's original vision for the film. The petition, which garnered more than 180,000 signatures, used the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut on social media, which became a rallying cry for DC fans who wanted to see Snyder's original version of the DC film. Fans' voices were heard nearly three years later when Zack Snyder's Justice League was confirmed to be coming to HBO Max in 2021.
Zack Snyder's Justice League can currently be streamed on HBO Max. Fans can also purchase the DC film on Blu-ray and Digital.
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