Hi, Ezra Miller

Ezra Miller attended the premiere of DC’s new movie The Flash on Monday night, marking their first public appearance in almost two years (Miller is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns).

🤔 What’s going on?... Miller, who played The Flash in 2017’s Justice League, has spent the last few years mired in controversy.

• April 2020: A video surfaced that seemingly showed Miller choking a woman in Iceland (no charges were filed in the case).
• March/April 2022: Miller was arrested in Hawaii for charges of disorderly conduct and harassment in Hawaii. They pled no contest to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and paid a $500 fine, with the harassment charge ultimately dismissed.
• August 2022: Miller was charged with felony burglary in Vermont. They are due for arraignment in September of this year.

But despite Miller’s personal troubles, the team at DC Studios decided to move forward with The Flash. Insiders say the decision was largely impacted by the fact that the film’s production was mostly finished by the time the 2022 allegations occurred. And moving forward, according to James Gunn, co-head of the studio, Miller’s future as The Flash will depend largely on the actor’s mental health recovery.

🍿 Zoom out: The film, which opens across the US this Friday, is currently sitting at a 69% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes.