Though the battle between Ray Fisher and Joss Whedon over alleged “abuse” suffered during the “Justice League” reshoots has been going on for months already, there really hasn’t been a ton of information revealed about what that all entails. However, in a new, two-hour interview with Poindexter Lounge, Fisher goes into as much detail as he can and actually thinks that the issues with Whedon, in regards to “Justice League,” might stem from his time working in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
During the extensive interview, Fisher told a story about his experience working with Joss Whedon on “Justice League.” And the story actually ties into Whedon’s time on “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the sequel that marked the final film for Whedon as part of the MCU. Apparently, Fisher believes that Whedon brought some of that resentment from his MCU experience to the job on “Justice League.”
“One of the things that I will say so far is, our experience in the creation of this… Joss brought a lot of his personal and professional, for lack of a better term, resentment, into the ‘Justice League’ process,” Fisher said. “One of the things that he had said in our first conversation was that people didn’t quote-unquote get ‘Age of Ultron,’ and there were certain things being said in that conversation where I was like, ‘Oh, this is less about the work being presented and more, sort of like, of an ego stroke to say “Well look, if you like it in this movie, you should’ve liked it in that one. Haha, the joke’s on you.”
He added, “And that’s just creatively, that has nothing to do with any of the really egregious stuff, that’s just on a creative level. It shows, ya know.”
Of course, if you’re familiar with Whedon’s time in the MCU, you know that after the record-breaking success of “The Avengers,” Marvel Studios quickly got the ball rolling on the sequel, ‘Age of Ultron.’ However, depending on who you speak to, either Joss Whedon was a bit upset over the direction that Marvel Studios wanted to go in and/or Marvel felt that Whedon wasn’t willing to play ball. So, what ended up happening is that ‘Age of Ultron’ turned into one of the lesser Marvel Cinematic Universe films and Whedon seemed visibly worn out during the press for the film. So, it’s not newsworthy to say that there was some tension between Whedon and Marvel.
Fisher would go on to talk about how the problems that he experienced on “Justice League” aren’t unique and that he believes it’s an issue that people who work with Whedon have faced for decades but are only now coming out and talking about.
Fisher continued, “And that’s part of the reason why I say that we inherited Joss Whedon. We inherited the problem of Joss Whedon. I’m sure he has a lot to deal with. Hopefully, he deals with it in a healthy way and we’ll make good on any sort of apologies that he may need to put out there.”
You can watch the full interview below. Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of “Justice League” is expected to be released on HBO Max (and possibly theaters) in March 2021.