If you're not moving, you're not living... Ezra Miller IS Barry Allen/The Flash!

Why the hell would you want Grant Gustin as movie Flash when you can have Ezra Miller, one of the best up and coming actors there is?
 
^ Exactly. Grant Gustin works well for that show on TV. Leave him there. I don't want to see that show go cinematic either. It's meh. I want something new. And Amell's comments on Miller are irrelevant. The guy believes shooting his show is more work than the DCCU will endure...:whatever:
 
Haven't seen Ezra in anything to be honest, but not a fan of the casting. He looks to young to me and just generally doesn't have the right overall look of Barry Allen.
Still would've preferred Dan Stevens.
 
I would like Dan Stevens for Hal, but Snyder has probably someone in mind already.
 
Let me do my best C. Lee impression... Miller has been cast. It's a done deal as of now. Gustin is not playing the role in the films.
 
Gustin really surprised me, I really like him in the TV show, however I always saw the Flash as one of the elder statesmen of the JL, and as a CSI I just feel he needs to be a bit older... and blonde.
 
Lot of good word on the Stanford Prison Experiment early, Ezra is getting some praise too.
 
:up: As he should. He's a good actor. Movie sounds interesting as well. I might check it out.
 
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Ezra Miller talks about Flash

“It’s a mixed bag but I’m happy, I’m going to say I feel really happy about it in one way because the idea of actually having a steady job in my life is actually incredibly comforting. It’s something I didn’t necessarily think I would ever have. And then of course, there are the moments when responsibility-dodging, adolescent-me is like, ‘No, I don’t wan to’ [laughs]. [But] that’s a very small part. At this point, it’s a diminishing voice. Every time I think about that reality, it makes me extremely happy. I’m really stoked and I would do it for forty years. That contract could have said anything.”
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http://herorundown.com/2015/01/29/e...ing-the-flash-says-hed-do-it-for-forty-years/
 
D.C. has a star on their hands. The fan girls are going freaking love this guy. Dark Horse for most popular JL member from the GA perspective after the movie releases.
 
I'm really amazed by the fact that Ezra was OFFERED to play The Flash out of the blue. I've always thought that this type of thing only happened to movie stars/established actors, espacially when the role in particular is the lead of a big tentpole movie !

MakeMinesMarvel said:
D.C. has a star on their hands. The fan girls are going freaking love this guy. Dark Horse for most popular JL member from the GA perspective after the movie releases.
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Oh I agree, big time. Not only does he have a distinctive look, but he also comes off as a super likeable and enthusiastic dude during interviews. He's gonna stand out easily, especially if he nails The Flash !
 
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The funny thing about all the people who are still clamoring for Gustin to play Flash instead of Ezra is that so many of their arguments are inconsistent at best or just flat out don't really make sense.

"I don't like this Ezra guy in the part even though I haven't seen him in anything."

Maybe watch him act before you pass judgement?

"Ezra doesn't look anything like comic book Barry Allen."

Gustin doesn't really, either. Regardless, the character will be wearing a mask for half the movie, so why does it matter? This isn't like casting Superman.

"He's too young."

He's only three years younger than Gustin, and it will probably be another year or so until he starts shooting. Which would make him about the same age as Gustin was when he guest-starred on Arrow. And it worked fine. Regardless, it's been said by multiple people on these boards (and perhaps confirmed by the producers of the Flash TV show) that the Flash really works as a younger character.
 
Rowsdower! said:
The funny thing about all the people who are still clamoring for Gustin to play Flash instead of Ezra is that so many of their arguments are inconsistent at best or just flat out don't really make sense.

"I don't like this Ezra guy in the part even though I haven't seen him in anything."

Maybe watch him act before you pass judgement?

"Ezra doesn't look anything like comic book Barry Allen."

Gustin doesn't really, either. Regardless, the character will be wearing a mask for half the movie, so why does it matter? This isn't like casting Superman.

"He's too young."

He's only three years younger than Gustin, and it will probably be another year or so until he starts shooting. Which would make him about the same age as Gustin was when he guest-starred on Arrow. And it worked fine. Regardless, it's been said by multiple people on these boards (and perhaps confirmed by the producers of the Flash TV show) that the Flash really works as a younger character.
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Yeah, you can't really find any faults in his casting that can't also be applied to Gustin. If anything, we should be seeing people complain that they went for someone so similar. Both young, both similar physically, kind of the same energy. I like the casting, but I am a little surprised they didn't try to differentiate a bit more between TV and film.
 
Sawyer said:
Yeah, you can't really find any faults in his casting that can't also be applied to Gustin. If anything, we should be seeing people complain that they went for someone so similar. Both young, both similar physically, kind of the same energy. I like the casting, but I am a little surprised they didn't try to differentiate a bit more between TV and film.
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Yeah, they are pretty similar overall. I think I would give Ezra a slight edge in the acting department though, and that's saying something, because I like Gustin a lot. I guess people just want what they're used to, but those people have to understand that there are a LOT of moviegoers out there that don't watch the show. And yeah, people can make the "Marvel is doing it and it's working so DC/WB still doesn't have a clue" argument if you want, but I think this is a different thing. Marvel doesn't have a Quake or Agent Carter movie planned.
 
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Yeah, they are pretty similar overall. I think I would give Ezra a slight edge in the acting department though, and that's saying something, because I like Gustin a lot. I guess people just want what they're used to, but those people have to understand that there are a LOT of moviegoers out there that don't watch the show. And yeah, people can make the "Marvel is doing it and it's working so DC/WB still doesn't have a clue" argument if you want, but I think this is a different thing. Marvel doesn't have a Quake or Agent Carter movie planned.
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Slight edge acting wise? lol Gustin isn't anywhere close to Ezra imo.
 
Two really different circumstances, I really don't think it's fair to say. Miller's had two really showy film roles, but you can't doubt he'll be bringing his best stuff to the table with The Flash. Gustin, however, The Flash is like 90% of his whole career at this point. The only other noteworthy thing would be playing a b****y gay guy on Glee once the writing had already started to slip.
 
I wouldn't bash either actors. Its really not an either or thing. I think you'd have to have your head in the sand to deny how good Grant is in the Flash role and that people have become attached to him. Fair or not, that's what's happened, and in a sense ,the Flash TV show is alot of the GA only exposure to what the character is . It sort of sets the standard or goal standard in a sense. Its not like Superman, Batman or even Spiderman which have now had multiple live action and animated versions in the mainstream over the past several decades. Yeah, there was a 90s show but most people outside of fanboys don't remember it. Yes he's been in cartoons and animated films and games but again he's not like Batman, Superman, or Spiderman. In effect the CW Flash is the first version of Flash as far as the GA is concerned. Yes I know CW has a relatively small viewership in comparison to the other networks. It doesn't matter, its basically the GA first exposure to the character.

That said , if WB is smart, they'll give us a different type of Barry Allen with Miller. Comparisons are gonna happen regardless, but it becomes alot easier when the filmmakers don't try to nick what they're doing on the CW and instead try to give their own version of Barry Allen or even just go with Wally West. It's gotta be a different Barry Allen which I'm sure it will be. I think treading alot of the same storylines and taking cues from the show, which may be tempting to do, would be a big mistake and inevitably lead to people saying"Why didn't you just get the guy who plays him on TV?". Ultimately I think the Snyderverse Flash will be much different than the CWverse Flash is which is the right way to go.
 
A lot of people like Gustin but don't want him to be movie Flash which is where I stand.

I like Conroy's Batman, I like Hamill's Joker but why would you want Conroy as movie Batman when you can have Affleck, why have Hamill as movie Joker when you can have Leto?

Gustin has literally only done Glee and some Lifetime movie and we want him in a big budget movie franchise? That just seems ridiculous to me.

2 different things, I do not want a CW actor leading a movie franchise no matter which franchise no matter which CW actor.
 
Its a different universe so its not gonna happen away. That said, Chris Reeve was just a Soap actor and had done maybe one other film before playing Superman. Adam West had done various bit roles around Hollywood before playing Batman. The guy who's gonna play Cyborg is a stage actor. A filmography can give you an idea of what the actor has done in the past, but we have to remember these are actors, and that they act different roles which have different requirements from script to script. Just because an actor has done several big budget projects doesn't mean they'll be right for a particular role or are more qualified to play a particular role than an actor who doesn't have as many credits. If that were the standard you never would have gotten actors who fanboys worship like Chris Reeve and Hugh Jackman in these type of roles. By the same token , just because you play the character well in one particular version doesn't mean you should be cast for a totally different version of the character.

If the film is in a different universe and the character is written differently then you've got to get another actor to play the part. What matters is how good the actor fits the role in this particular version more then whether or not the guy has 20 film roles behind him, whether they're a big name, or whether they've won awards.
 
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