The controversy between Joss Whedon and the main cast of the “blockbuster” Justice League (Vietnamese title: Justice League) 2017 version still has not ended. Recently Gal Gadot – the beauty who plays the character Wonder Woman, confirmed that she was threatened by Joss Whedon to ruin her career when a disagreement occurred on film set Justice League in 2017 with this American director through an interview with the magazine Israel N12< /span>. “Joss Whedon made threats, saying that if I did something against my will, he would make my career miserable. But I’ve handled it,”, Gal Gadot said.
It is known that tensions between Gal Gadot and Joss Whedon increased when the director forced the Israeli-born beauty to record lines that she considered inappropriate. A member of the film crew Justice League 2017 also revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that Joss Whedon even yelled at Gal Gadot to “shut up” and just do what he wants, otherwise Joss Whedon will manipulate the movie Wonder Woman 1984< /span> and makes Wonder Woman look “extremely stupid”.
Actress famous all over world thanks to playing Wonder Woman. |
In July 2020, Ray Fisher, the actor who plays the superhero Cyborg, was the first to speak up about Joss Whedon’s attitude on set when he accused the director of behaving violently and disgustingly at the same time. threaten his career. In another share, Ray Fisher also said that Gal Gadot was locked in the waiting room because she did not agree to play a sensitive scene in which Flash (Ezra Miller) fell on top of her. Another actor was brought in to stand in, so Gal Gadot’s face could not be seen in this scene and was considered a comedic detail with cheap sexual implications installed by Joss Whedon, causing Justice League more clichรฉ.
The scene where The Flash falls on top of Wonder Woman is controversial. |
In December 2020, when interviewed by Los Angeles Times, the actress did not directly mention the controversy between Ray Fisher and Joss Whedon, but she also expressed support for her colleagues: “I wasn’t there with the others when they recorded with Joss Whedon. But I had my own experience with him and it was not good at all. I took the matter to my superiors and they handled it. I’m glad Ray told the truth”.
Previously, Justice League was originally a film directed by veteran director with a dark, tragic filmmaking style, Zack Snyder. receive. However, the sudden suicide of Autumn Snyder’s daughter and disagreement with the board of directors Warner Bros. made Zack Snyder decide to leave the project. The project has already completed the rough cut of the film. Joss Whedon was chosen to continue completing post-production. The premiered work was commented to be a patchwork, far different from the original trailer with bad effects making the film become a joke on social networks =6> and received a lot of bad criticism.
Cast participating in Justice League. |
Justice League Director Zack Snyder’s version was officially released on March 18, 2021 and received “rain” praise from the audience. The incident between Joss Whedon and Gal Gadot is considered the last straw, pushing the wave of boycotting the director born in 1964 even higher. According to Vulture, Joss Whedon previously denied all allegations against him.