Ray Fisher denies voluntarily exiting The Flash movie

January 8th 2021, 8:30pm

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

The Ray Fisher and WarnerMedia drama continues as the actor has taken issue with recent reports that he voluntarily exited his role as Cyborg in The Flash movie. In response to an article posted by "The Wrap", Fisher is denying that he publicly stepped down from the role.

As has been the case throughout this neverending soap opera between the actor and the studio, Fisher took to Twitter to make his case known. I will say that throughout this whole ordeal Fisher has not wavered in his stance and has been 100% consistent with his truth about the matter. I won't pretend to know the ins and outs of this debacle but his unwillingness to back down makes me believe that there is a lot of truth to the things he has said. You can check out his Twitter response below:

I strongly suggest that @TheWrap amend this article immediately.

While I appreciate the reporter’s undying desire to do @wbpictures and Walter Hamada’s bidding—it is factually inaccurate.

I did not publicly step down from anything.

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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) January 7, 2021

If @wbpictures has made the decision to remove me from The Flash, rather than address, in any way, Walter Hamada tampering with the JL investigation—that’s on them.

The idea of removing the role, rather than recasting it, is only being used to try to avoid public backlash.

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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) January 7, 2021

The @wbpictures pr team has struggled to regain control of the narrative ever since they failed to bury me and the JL investigation with their September 4th hit piece—which, unsurprisingly, was written by the same reporter.

(More on WB pr and Johanna Fuentes later…)

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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) January 7, 2021

The fact is: the Justice League investigation led to @WarnerMedia (and it’s affiliates) parting ways with Joss Whedon.

Geoff Johns will be following suit.

Had Walter Hamada gotten his way, NONE of that would have been possible, and the cycle of abuse would’ve continued.

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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) January 7, 2021

My team and I are still in deep conversation with @WarnerMedia regarding all these matters and—Flash or no Flash—we fully intend to see this through.

I’ll keep you all posted, but in the meantime—thank you for your continued support????????

A>E

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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) January 7, 2021

It's crazy to think that this all started back in July when Fisher used his Twitter to let his true feelings about director Joss Whedon be known. As you know, Whedon stepped in for Zack Snyder when the director had to exit Justice League during filming due to a personal family tragedy. Whedon allegedly changed a lot of Snyder’s vision & commissioned many reshoots & the end result was the muddled mess we got in November of 2017. Since then, we know we’re getting Snyder’s Cut on HBO Max, but allegedly all the real drama was playing out behind the scenes as revealed in the following tweet about Whedon's on-set behavior:

Joss Wheadon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.

He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg.

Accountability>Entertainment

— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) July 1, 2020

The drama continued in the following months and it all led to an official investigation being launched by WarnerMedia into the events surrounding the making of Justice League. Following the completion of the investigation, Whedon was removed from the upcoming HBO series The Nevers as showrunner. Fisher has stated that even more people need to be held accountable but WarnerMedia has issued a statement after Fisher's new tweets and they insist that it's time to move on:

"The investigation was conducted by an outside law firm and led by a former federal judge. More than 80 people were interviewed. We have full confidence in its thoroughness and integrity, and remedial action has been taken. The investigation has concluded, and it is time to move on."

Judging from Fisher's dedication to this fight, I don't think he'll be moving on until he's satisfied. I can support anyone sticking to their guns on an issue if they feel it's right and it's especially brave of him to do it because this could maybe cost him jobs if higher-ups feel like he's "difficult." That label is given to a lot of people when they speak their truth and for Fisher, he'd rather risk being viewed this way instead of laying down and just accepting defeat.

What are YOUR thoughts on the new details regarding Fisher's role in The Flash?