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23-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Ezra Miller's Controversies, Public Comeback Explained
Ezra Miller has revealed their plan to make a 'tentative' return to the spotlight, years after they were at the center of a string of problematic controversies that saw them retreat from the public eye. So, here's a recap of Ezra's rollercoaster career, and everything there is to know about their comeback. Ezra first started acting in their early teens, and landed their first leading role in a feature film in 2008 at age 15, but it was the 2011 movie We Need To Talk About Kevin that proved to be their breakout role when Ezra was 19 years old. After that, Ezra starred in several notable movies, including The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, and joined some huge franchises like DC Comics as the Flash, and the Fantastic Beasts series, where they played Dumbledore's brother, Credence Barebone. But as their career went from strength to strength, Ezra began exhibiting extremely concerning behavior off-camera. Notably hitting the headlines when they were arrested two times in as many months in Hawaii back in 2022, and also received a restraining order in a separate incident. The first arrest was on March 28, with the police report stating that Ezra became agitated by a group of patrons in a Hawaii bar that were singing karaoke. The actor allegedly shouted obscenities at the group and snatched the microphone from a 23-year-old woman mid-song. Ezra is then said to have lunged at a man who was playing darts, and was arrested and charged on both counts before being released on $500 next day, a local couple in Hawaii filed a temporary restraining order against Ezra, alleging that after the arrest at the bar, Ezra burst into their bedroom and threatened the police report, Ezra is accused of telling the man: 'I will bury you and your slut wife.' It also alleges that Ezra stole the man's wallet, which contained his bank cards, social security card, and driver's license, and the woman's passport. The following month, Ezra was arrested and taken into custody for second-degree assault, also in Hawaii. This time, they were accused of throwing a chair at a 26-year-old woman, which struck her on the forehead and left a half-inch cut. Police stated that officers were called to a private residence at around 1:10 a.m. in response to a report that Ezra had become irate after being asked to leave a gathering. Ezra was found at a traffic stop 20 minutes later, where they were arrested before being released from custody just after 4 a.m. A subsequent exposé in Rolling Stone alleged that Ezra had 'frequent meltdowns' during production for The Flash in 2021, with an insider stressing at the time that Ezra was never violent, but described them as 'losing it' after getting 'a thought in [their] head' and losing confidence in what they were doing. Then, in June 2022, the parents of an 18-year-old activist called Gibson Iron Eyes accused Ezra of grooming their child, with rumors that Ezra is leading a cult also circulating online. At this point, past incidents involving Ezra began to resurface, too, including some troubling interactions with fans — such as choking a woman, and kissing a man seemingly without consent. In a video from Comic-Con 2017, a fan can be seen asking Ezra if they're drunk, but the actor jokes in response that the Flash can't get drunk because their metabolism is so fast. When the fan asks if he can smell Ezra's breath as proof, Ezra kisses the man on the lips before continuing to kiss his face. Ezra then asks: 'How'd it smell?' and walks away. In 2020, Ezra was in the line of fire again when a video emerged on X that appeared to show them choke-slamming a woman in a bar in Iceland. Variety reported at the time that the incident occurred when Ezra was approached by a group of 'pushy' fans at around 6 p.m. In the clip, the fan appears to be gearing up for a play fight, at which point Ezra asks: 'Did you want to fight?' before grabbing her by the throat and pushing her to the ground. Someone else can be heard shouting: 'Whoa, bro! Bro!' with a source telling Variety that it was a 'serious altercation.'Ezra was said to have been escorted from the premises at the time, and ET Canada added that people who claimed to be at the scene had alleged Ezra spat on them and staff members, and also proudly showed off their scars from previous fights. In August 2022 — four months after their second Hawaii arrest — Ezra said that they are in treatment for 'complex mental health issues' as they publicly apologized for their behavior. "Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment," Ezra said in the statement. "I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life."In January 2023, Ezra pleaded guilty to unlawfully trespassing in relation to the couple who filed the temporary restraining order, and the burglary charge against Ezra was dropped. Ezra was put on probation for a year, subject to a fine, and ordered to give up alcohol as well as continue seeking mental health treatment. In June of that same year, people were left shocked when Ezra attended the Los Angeles premiere for The Flash, where they posed for photos, signed autographs, and even spoke in front of a packed audience — during which they thanked Warner execs for their "grace and discernment and care in the context of my life." Since then, the star has maintained a pretty low profile until May of this year, when Ezra, now 32, was spotted walking the red carpet for the movie Die My Love at Cannes Film Festival. Die My Love stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson and was directed by Lynne Ramsay, who directed Ezra in We Need To Talk About Kevin over a decade ago. Ezra and Lynne have remained good friends ever since. Ezra later said they only attended the premiere to support Lynne, though they admitted that Cannes was a 'tough re-entry point' after so long away from the spotlight. Ezra opened up to Italian publication Lo Speciale Giornale when they made another public appearance at a Filming Italy event last week. "I came to Cannes to support one of my closest friends in the world, who is Lynne Ramsey,' Ezra said in the interview. "I didn't necessarily want to go to Cannes, I had a bit of a hard time. That's a tough re-entry point. If you've been in the woods for three years, I do not recommend going straight to Cannes, where every photographer and every weirdo, every rich genocidal freak will be there, you know what I mean?" Explaining that they would 'do anything' for Lynne as well as their other friends, Ezra reflected on their years of legal woes and controversies. They said: 'When we go through those crucibles, if we can survive, which was up in the air for me, if I'm being real, we then have that capacity to see other people in their crucibles and just to reach towards them… I think that grows more and more rarefied in our world, too.'"Like, the capacity to do that, the desire to do that, the willingness to do that,' Ezra went on. 'We've become very consumed in notions of perception, self-perception, how we're perceived in the world. I really believe in digging past that and being a friend to people. And the people who did that for me, they have my lifelong devotion."'Also, I'm grateful for the revelations of who was not that,' they explained. 'When you work in this industry, you'll find yourself in deep, deep relation with a lot of people who do not give a single fuck about you, or your well-being, at all.' Ezra concluded: 'And so, not that I don't hold a lot of remorse and lamentation for a lot of things that I did, and for a lot of things that happened in that time, I'm really, really grateful for the lessons that came with that abyss." Elsewhere in the interview, the actor revealed that they are currently writing a movie with Lynne, which will 'likely be the first thing' Ezra does if their Hollywood return materializes. "I've been writing a lot, because you can do that in solitude, which has been friendly to me,' they explained. You can watch Ezra's full interview below, let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ezra Miller considers returning to Hollywood: 'Solitude has been friendly to me'
Two years after Ezra Miller's last screen role and three years after a barrage of legal issues, including criminal charges and harassment allegations, The Flash star is eyeing a return. Miller surprised industry watchers by appearing at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, attending in support of friend and collaborator Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love. Ramsay, who directed the actor in 2011's award-winning We Need to Talk About Kevin, is "one of my closest friends in the world" and "one of the greatest living filmmakers," Miller (who uses they/them pronouns) told Italian publication Lo Speciale Giornale. Ramsay revealed in May that Miller will star as the main character in her next film, described as a vampire movie. "I'm working with her again," Miller confirmed. "That will likely be the first thing I do, is a film that her and I are writing together. I've been writing a lot because you can do that in solitude, which has been friendly to me." When asked to characterize his relationship with cinema, Miller responded, "Tentative — I'd say on tentative grounds." Though Miller's legal and personal issues came to a head in 2022, the actor had already courted controversy and legal scrutiny when in 2020, a video resurfaced of the actor choking a woman in a bar in Iceland to the ground. In 2022, Miller faced accusations of assault, abuse, and grooming children, and was subject of arrest for disorderly conduct, which led to a string of subsequent arrests, often following physical altercations. Certain charges, like their 2023 burglary charge in the state of Vermont, have been dropped due to plea deals Miller has struck in multiple states. Miller has since apologized for their behavior, noting in a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly that they were in "a time of intense crisis," as well as "suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment." Three years from that period of "crisis," Miller is "really, really grateful for the lessons that came with that abyss." "When you work in this industry," said the actor, who also starred in the Fantastic Beasts trilogy of films, "you will find yourself in deep, deep relation to people who do not give single f--- about you or your well being, at all — not that I don't hold a lot of remorse and lamentation for a lot of things I did and a lot of things that happened in that time." Watch Miller's interview below: Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly

News.com.au
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Scandal-plagued star looks unrecognisable in rare red carpet outing
Scandal-plagued actor Ezra Miller stepped out on a red carpet in Italy over the weekend, looking noticeably different after an extended period out of the public eye. Miller, 32, who uses they / them pronouns, wore a floor-length dress on the red carpet at the 2025 Filming Italy Sardegna Festival on Saturday. The actor wore black boots and had a watermelon hairclip in their tousled mane. Miller is making a tentative return to the movie business after a string of public scandals that ended with a series of legal issues back in 2022. Once a promising young actor known for starring roles in Justice League, We Need to Talk About Kevin and the Fantastic Beasts franchise, by 2022 Miller's career lay in tatters following arrests for everything from disorderly conduct to second degree assault to burglary. The same year, Miller was accused of grooming a teenager with 'cult-like' behaviour. The teen's parents claimed in a lawsuit that Miller had used 'violence, intimidation, threat of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions and drugs to hold sway over a young adolescent'. The teenager in question denied the accusations. Before that, Miller was recorded in 2020 allegedly choking a woman outside a bar in Iceland. Miller released a statement to Variety in August 2022 as the scandals against them mounted. 'Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,' they said. 'I want to apologise to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behaviour. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.' As Miller makes tentative steps back into the public eye, the actor gave a rare interview on the ground at the Italian film festival over the weekend where they revealed what they've been up to since their scandal-plagued 2022. 'I've been writing a lot, because you can do that in solitude,' they said, 'which has been friendly to me'. Miller also said they have a Hollywood comeback planned: A film co-written with We Need To Talk About Kevin writer Lynne Ramsey. Calling Ramsey 'one of the greatest living filmmakers,' Miller said their collaboration 'will likely be the first thing I do' when returning to Hollywood.

News.com.au
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Ezra Miller gives bizarre interview about ‘tentative' Hollywood return after shocking Cannes appearance
Ezra Miller gave a rare — and peculiar — interview in which they addressed their return to Hollywood as well as their extremely surprising Cannes appearance earlier this year. The actor posed on the red carpet for the first time in two years at the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival in Cagliari, Italy, on Thursday and told Italian outlet, Lo Speciale Giornale, that their relationship to cinema is now 'on tentative grounds'. Miller — who had a slew of legal issues in 2022 — also spoke out about their blink-and-you-miss-it red carpet appearance at Cannes in May, during which they sprinted across the media line at the premiere of Lynne Ramsey's Die, My Love, reports The New York Post's Page Six. 'I came to Cannes to support one of my closest friends in the world who is Lynne Ramsey — who I think is one of the greatest living filmmakers,' Miller said of Ramsey, who previously directed Miller in 2011's We Need to Talk About Kevin. Miller claimed they're writing an unnamed film with Ramsey, and added, 'that will likely be the first thing I do' when returning to Hollywood. 'I've been writing a lot, because you can do that in solitude,' Miller remarked, 'which has been friendly to me'. They also said they'd 'do anything' for Ramsey, despite Cannes being a 'tough re-entry point' to the industry. 'If you've been in the woods for three years, I do not recommend going straight to Cannes, where every photographer and every weirdo, every rich genocidal freak be there, you know what I mean?' The Perks of Being a Wallflower star was memorably arrested and charged in Hawaii following two alleged incidents at a karaoke bar in March 2022, to which they pleaded no contest. Then, they were hit with a restraining order by two residents claiming they harassed and threatened them, which was later dropped. A month later, Miller was arrested on a second degree assault chair after they allegedly threw a chair and hit a woman during an encounter at a private residence. In June 2022, a parent accused Miller of grooming their child from the age of 12. Another parent came forward the same month with an allegation that Miller 'menaced their family one evening in their downstairs neighbour's home and acted inappropriately toward' a 12-year-old minor. No charges were filed against Miller and they later released a statement saying, 'I have been unjustly and directly targeted by an individual who the facts have shown has a history of such manipulative and destructive action'. That same month they were accused of allegedly housing a mother and her three children in an unsafe environment at a Vermont farm — though by August, Miller told cops the family hadn't lived there in months. Also in August 2022, Miller was accused of burglarising a Vermont home and allegedly stealing several bottles of alcohol. They pleaded guilty to misdemeanour unlawful trespass and was put on one-year probation. Miller issued an apology later that month and announced they were seeking treatment. 'Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,' they told Variety at the time. 'I want to apologise to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behaviour. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.' During the interview with the Italian outlet on Thursday, Miller seemingly addressed the drama, waxing philosophical in a rambling set of comments. 'When we go through those crucibles, if we can survive, which was up in the air for me if I'm being real, we then have that capacity to see other people in their crucibles and just to reach towards them,' they said. 'I think that grows more and more rarefied in our world too. Like, the capacity to do that, the desire to do that, the willingness to do that,' they continued. 'We've become very consumed in notions of perception, self-perception, how we're perceived in the world. I really believe in digging past that and being a friend to people. And the people who did that for me, they have my lifelong devotion,' they explained. 'And also I'm grateful for the revelations of who was not that,' they said. 'When you work in this industry, you'll find yourself in deep, deep relation with a lot of people who do not give a single f**k about you, or your well-being, at all. And so, not that I don't hold a lot of remorse and lamentation for a lot of things that I did and a lot of things that happened in that time, but I'm really, really grateful for the lessons that came with that abyss.'
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Controversial 'The Flash' Actor Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance After 2 Years
Fans were stunned to see a surprising face on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17 for the premiere of the movie Die, My Love. In a clip shared by Variety, none other than actor , who stepped away from the spotlight a few years ago after various controversies, sped past photographers and other stars to attend the premiere. 🎬 🎬 At the special event on Saturday, Miller looked a bit different, with long hair falling past their shoulders, a mustache, and a unique hat to go with their red suit. Ezra Miller speeds down the red carpet at the #Cannes premiere of Jennifer Lawrence's "Die, My Love."The movie is helmed by Lynne Ramsay, who directed Miller in "We Need to Talk About Kevin." — Variety (@Variety) May 17, 2025 Miller was reportedly in attendance at the event to support the movie's director, Lynne Ramsay, who directed them in the 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin. The star of The Flash last attended a red carpet in 2023. Miller has faced many controversies over the last five years, including charges of disorderly conduct, harassment, and an arrest for second-degree assault, among other issues with the law. In the summer of 2022, Miller apologized for their actions and stated that they were seeking treatment for "complex mental health issues."