Last year, Ray Fisher got the ball rolling on what has slowly turned into the downfall of filmmaker Joss Whedon. Though Fisher didn’t start with any specific claims about the “abuse” he suffered on the set of “Justice League” during the reshoots back in 2017, the actor opened the door for others to come forward and share their stories about how Whedon provided a toxic workplace for actors. But according to Deborah Snyder, she knew of one incident involving Whedon way back in 2017 and told Warner Bros. about the situation.
Speaking to Insider, Snyder, who is a producer of “Justice League” and worked on the film when her husband, Zack Snyder, was directing the feature, was told of an incident involving Joss Whedon and reported the claim to the higher-ups at WB back in 2017. Apparently, the studio looked into it and figured out how to resolve the situation.
“There was one incident I was aware of that I had reported back to the studio right before the movie came out [in 2017],” she said. “I went to the higher-ups that someone came to me about Joss. I think it was resolved in a way that the person was happy with. That’s all I can really say.”
Snyder doesn’t go into detail about who made the claim and what Whedon did, but it’s interesting to note that this formal report was given to WB in 2017, a full three years before Fisher made his initial claims and the studio began its third-party investigation. After the initial Fisher claims last year, the formal investigation into Whedon’s actions on the “Justice League” sets didn’t begin until later, and there was no mention of earlier issues involving the filmmaker that had already been previously reported to the studio.
Of course, after the investigation, we know that WB took some sort of unspecified action against Whedon and the filmmaker ended up stepping away from his day-to-day duties on “The Nevers” (though both studio and director claim the two situations are mutually exclusive). And now, Fisher has taken to going after WB higher-ups like Walter Hamada and producers such as Geoff Johns in his claims.
Deborah and Zack Snyder’s “Justice League” Director’s Cut arrives on HBO Max on March 18.