Joss Whedon Addresses Ray Fisher, Gal Gadot's Allegations Of 'Unprofessional' Behaviour
Embattled filmmaker Joss Whedon has finally responded to the multiple allegations of unprofessional behaviour, including those from "Justice League" stars Ray Fisher and Gal Gadot.
Embattled
filmmaker
Joss
Whedon
has
finally
responded
to
the
multiple
allegations
of
unprofessional
behaviour,
including
those
from
"Justice
League" stars
Ray
Fisher
and
Gal
Gadot.
The
flurry
of
allegations
started
with
Fisher
who
first
accused
Whedon
of
"gross,
abusive,
unprofessional”
conduct
during
the
production
of
the
2017
Warner
Bros
movie.
Whedon
took
over
the
reins
of
"Justice
League" after
director
Zack
Snyder
left
the
project
in
the
wake
of
a
family
tragedy.
Later,
Gal
Gadot
alleged
that
the
director
threatened
to
make
her
"career
miserable",
followed
by
similar
accusations
from
the
cast
of
TV
shows
"Angel" and
"Buffy
the
Vampire
Slayer".
In
a
New
York
profile
piece,
titled
"The
Undoing
of
Joss
Whedon",
Whedon
tried
to
offer
his
side
of
the
story.
Taking
on
Fisher's
allegations,
the
57-year-old
actor
called
him
a
"malevolent
force".
Besides
accusing
Whedon
of
unprofessional
behaviour,
Fisher
had
also
alleged
that
the
filmmaker
brought
down
the
screen
time
of
his
character
Cyborg
and
also
lightened
the
actor’s
skin
complexion.
Whedon
said
he
cut
down
Cyborg’s
role
because
it
"logically
made
no
sense",
and
claimed
that
his
acting
was
bad
as
the
test-screening
viewers
found
Cyborg
to
be
“the
worst
of
all
the
characters
in
the
film".
"We’re
talking
about
a
malevolent
force…We’re
talking
about
a
bad
actor
in
both
senses," he
said.
As
for
Gadot,
Whedon
denied
threatening
the
"Wonder
Woman"
star.
"I
don’t
threaten
people.
Who
does
that?
English
is
not
her
first
language,
and
I
tend
to
be
annoyingly
flowery
in
my
speech."
In
response
to
a
scene
which
Gadot
wanted
cut,
Whedon
told
the
outlet
that
he
told
the
actress
jokingly
that
if
she
wanted
to
get
rid
of
it,
she
would
have
to
tie
him
to
a
railroad
track
and
do
it
over
his
dead
body.
"Then
I
was
told
that
I
had
said
something
about
her
dead
body
and
tying
her
to
the
railroad
track,"
he
added.
In
a
brief
email
response
to
New
York,
Gadot
disagreed
with
the
filmmaker's
version
of
events
and
said,
"I
understood
perfectly."
Whedon,
who
rose
to
prominence
with
the
fan-favourite
TV
series
"Buffy
the
Vampire
Slayer",
was
also
accused
by
the
show's
star
Charisma
Carpenter
of
“hostile
and
toxic”
behaviour.
Talking
about
Carpenter,
Whedon
admitted
that
he
did
not
behave
badly
with
the
actor.
"Most
of
my
experiences
with
Charisma
were
delightful
and
charming.
She
struggled
sometimes
with
her
lines,
but
nobody
could
hit
a
punch
line
harder
than
her," he
said.
The
director
also
denied
calling
Carpenter
"fat"
when
she
was
pregnant.
"I
did
not
call
her
fat.
Of
course
I
didn’t,"
Whedon
said.