Yesterday, “Justice League” actor Ray Fisher continued to show his displeasure with Joss Whedon and how the filmmaker changed the superhero team-up film. However, instead of cryptically commenting (as he did previously), the actor went on to accuse Whedon of “gross, abusive, unprofessional” behavior on set. While Whedon has yet to comment, Jon Berg, a producer on “Justice League” who was also mentioned in Fisher’s tweet, did speak up, and as you might expect, he doesn’t agree at all with what the actor said.
Berg was mentioned in the latter part of Fisher’s tweet where he claimed that Whedon’s unprofessional behavior “was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg.” And speaking to Variety, Berg denied that and said it’s “categorically untrue that we enabled any unprofessional behavior.”
He added, “I remember [Fisher] being upset that we wanted him to say ‘Booyaa,’ which is a well known saying of Cyborg in the animated series.”
Unfortunately, Fisher didn’t name any specific instances where he was upset with Whedon, Johns, and Berg. So, it’s not known if this all stems from the “Booyaa” moment that Berg mentions, or if there is a laundry list of issues that Fisher has with the “Justice League” reshoots that occurred after Zack Snyder left the production.
In addition to Berg’s denial, Whedon was also shown support from Alan Tudyk, an actor who has worked with the filmmaker previously, most notably on the series “Firefly.”
Tudyk tweeted a response to the claims and said, “Wasn’t there, but I have known Joss for 17 years, I honestly can’t even imagine it and I have a pretty good imagination.”
When confronted by fans that claim Tudyk shouldn’t comment on matters that he’s not personally familiar with, he replied, “True. I shouldn’t deny another person’s experience if I wasn’t there. It’s ignorant. I’ve my experiences in and out of work with @joss where he has been kind and supportive brilliant and funny. He is a hard worker a task master and a passionate if unconventional dancer. Respect.”
Obviously, this is a developing story and there’s likely to be more information in the days to come. Hopefully, instead of just accusations, we can get some more concrete examples of what Fisher is talking about.