Rumors that Warner Bros. intends to replace The Flash star Ezra Miller with another actor are false, according to a credible industry source.Variety's senior entertainment writer Adam B. Vary recently tweeted that insiders say the studio will not recast the Barry Allen/The Flash role despite Miller's recent, highly-publicized legal troubles. Vary added that since The Flash involves Miller playing several alternate versions of the Scarlet Speedster, replacing them "would effectively mean reshooting the entire film."
Miller was first arrested in March 2022, following an incident in a bar in Hilo, Hawaii which saw them charged with disorderly conduct and harassment. According to the police report, Miller "grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing karaoke (disorderly conduct offense) and later lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts (harassment offense). The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times to no avail." The couple involved filed a restraining order against Miller, however, this was later dropped.
The Flash star was arrested in Hawaii for a second time several weeks later. Patrol officers acted on a report they received of an alleged assault at a get-together hosted at a private residence in the Leilani Estates subdivision in lower Puna. The officers subsequently determined that Miller reacted aggressively to being asked to leave the property and reportedly threw a chair that struck a 26-year-old female guest, leaving her with a half-inch cut on her forehead. Miller left the premises at some point after this incident and was later located by the police, who arrested them.
Reports soon emerged that Miller's behavior in Hawaii mirrored their erratic on-set demeanor while filming The Flash. A source close to the production claimed that Miller had "frequent meltdowns" during principal photography on the DC Extended Universe blockbuster. That said, the actor's emotional moments on set were reportedly non-violent, nor were they directed at other members of the cast and crew. "Ezra would get a thought in [their] head and say, 'I don't know what I'm doing,'" the source said.
These reports were followed by rumors that Warner Bros. had held a high-level emergency meeting to "pause" Miller's DCEU future. An unnamed studio representative later debunked these rumors, rejecting the idea that any such meeting ever took place. This insider also refuted speculation that the studio was putting any upcoming DCEU projects involving Miller on hold at this stage.
The Flash races into theaters on June 23, 2023.
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