After a resoundingly successful early screening at CinemaCon, Andres Muschietti’s “The Flash” is back at it, trying to hide star Ezra Miller from the spotlight.
Miller stars as The Flash, but don’t tell that to Warner Bros co-chairperson Mike DeLuca who tells Vulture’s Chris Less that Miller may sit out promo duties:
In a weird way, it’s not a PR-driven film. So we don’t necessarily have to put Ezra out in front.
That’s a first. I don’t think I’ve ever heard this excuse before for a big superhero blockbuster. Our star, the main hero, doesn’t have to do press, it’s not needed, no PR will benefit this film one bit.
We know the hidden message behind DeLuca’s comments. Warner Bros are trying to hide Miller. There’s nothing more to it. They want to let the movie speak for itself, that’s all fine and dandy, but it’s a total lie that “The Flash” is not a “PR-driven film.”
Then again, do you blame them? Miller had quite the summer last year, assaulting people around the world, left and right, but, supposedly, that doesn’t seem to matter much to Warner Bros, as it shouldn’t, especially if the movie is this good. Audiences won’t care either.
Miller’s summer “adventures” are too many to list in just one article, but here goes: he choked a woman, was accused of grooming children, was arrested multiple times for punching people, committed armed robbery, oh, and he reportedly, and illegally, housed a mother and three young children on an unlicensed cannabis farm.
Basically, Miller saw what Armie Hammer, James Franco, Gina Carano, Louis CK and Will Smith had committed and said “guys, hold my beer.”
Call it a mental breakdown. I do hope he’s seeking the help needed to better himself and make things right again. The Gods of film are surely by his side. It was just his luck that before he became a serial criminal he had completed work on a blockbuster that has had incredible word of mouth so far.