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

[jaymes_e06]

Why isn't David Mazouz playing Batman, Snyder!?!?

He's obviously a TVist.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Still heavily dislike this casting

why?

 

[HighFivingMF]

Still heavily dislike this casting

Why?

 

[Sawyer]

Still heavily dislike this casting

Why?

 

[Astro13Zombie]

 

[Micromind]

 

[Sawyer]

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[KillerWolf]

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[Herolee10]

Gotta admit, Ezra is like that one comic book superhero casting choice where it's like very difficult to find either a candid photo of him, or even a screenshot from his previous films, where he even remotely exhibits any resemblance to the character he's playing.

I think the only other example of a case like this that I can think of was when Michael Keaton was selected to play Batman.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

There was a manip of him with short blond hair in the suit with the cowl off. It sold me. Whether with dark hair or not, he'll be fine in the part. Grant Gustin also looks nothing like classic Barry and he too was thought of as too young. Yet here we are months later and the outcry that accompanied the release of the CW Flash costume picture has disappeared and now people are complaining "Why can't Grant be the movie Flash too?"

Miller is a very good actor and he's young, really young. He can easily add a little extra weight and fill out the suit that Wilkinson is going to (or already has) come up with. The resemblance thing is low on my list at this point.

 

[terry78]

I still don't get this resemblance issue when it comes to comic book characters. He's a white guy. They're both white guys. What's to resemble?

 

[Jake Cassidy]

We all look the same, right? t:

 

[jaymes_e06]

I think he's saying that at least he's not being played by Michael B. Jordan so count your blessing on the comic accurate look.

 

[Herolee10]

There was a manip of him with short blond hair in the suit with the cowl off. It sold me. Whether with dark hair or not, he'll be fine in the part. Grant Gustin also looks nothing like classic Barry and he too was thought of as too young. Yet here we are months later and the outcry that accompanied the release of the CW Flash costume picture has disappeared and now people are complaining "Why can't Grant be the movie Flash too?"

Miller is a very good actor and he's young, really young. He can easily add a little extra weight and fill out the suit that Wilkinson is going to (or already has) come up with. The resemblance thing is low on my list at this point.

I still don't get this resemblance issue when it comes to comic book characters. He's a white guy. They're both white guys. What's to resemble?

Maybe it's just my perception of what I always thought Barry Allen would look like if brought to life on the big screen.

And again, I'm not really doubting Ezra's ability to pull it off, but you have to admit....looking somewhat similar to what's been established of the role (both from within the comics and other forms of medium) does help imho.

I think an good example of this would be when Tom Hiddleston had auditioned for the role of Thor. The actor has charisma and (imho) sufficient acting skills, but everyone who was involved with the production was in agreement that he didn't "look right" for the role of Thor, hence why he was selected to play Loki instead.

Even when Cavill was first announced for the role, if I remember correctly, a good amount of folks over here weren't really familiar with his previous work, thus there was a issue of whether he had the acting ability necessary to play the role. However, a lot of people did agree that upon seeing him that they thought that he could pull off the look in appearance alone.

Plus, it's not exactly the easiest thing in the world to find a picture of Ezra (that hasn't been manipped) where he doesn't have either lipstick on, or long shaggy hair with a goatee/beard. Plus, in some photos, he does resemble a lot of Asian-American guys that I've known and seen.

But nevertheless, from what little we've heard so far...it seems like Snyder specifically chose him since Ezra said that Snyder contacted him personally to inform him of his selection, a role that he didn't even audition for.

So Snyder must have something up his sleeve and he does have a good track record for transforming actors to look like their iconic roles. So I'm really in a wait and see mode.

 

[KillerWolf]

Here are some newer pictures of him (from late January), which I believe are from "Stanford Prison Experiment" film event:

And while I find him to be somewhat too young (he's 20 years younger than Affleck) I believe he'll add some freshness and energy to the team-chemistry of the League. If they write him well and play on his strengths, he'll balance out more brooding characters of Affleck's Batman and (presumably) Momoa's Aquaman.

As for his looks. Clean-shaven and in cowl, I believe he'll look good and actually resemble how Flash is often drawn in comics quite a lot.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Any guy can play Barry Allen...As long as he's white, who cares?

 

[Herolee10]

Speaking of Ezra, I feel like he could legitimately pass off the genetic offspring of Brandon Routh and Daniel Henney at times.lol

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm still trying to get what Ezra Miller is "too young" for? Does everybody in the League need to be of a certain age? I assume that he will be playing a guy in his 20's, I assume that he is not playing a 35 year old.

 

[KillerWolf]

"Too young for my liking" would be an entire sentence.

They don't, it's just my personal preference not to have such a big age gap.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

"Too young for my liking" would be an entire sentence.

They don't, it's just my personal preference not to have such a big age gap.

Well alright.

 

[Mad Love]

I like Flash being younger. The character is energetic, positive, and friendly. Will be fun to see him interact with Cyborg and Shazam, and have older characters that they look up to.

 

[KillerWolf]

I like Flash being younger. The character is energetic, positive, and friendly. Will be fun to see him interact with Cyborg and Shazam, and have older characters that they look up to.

That is true, I'm actually inclined to agree (ignoring the Shazam part, of course).

By the way, this manip is too good not to be posted here:

 

[lanesrader]

That is true, I'm actually inclined to agree (ignoring the Shazam part, of course).

By the way, this manip is too good not to be posted here:

Niceee.

 

[myuLumis]

Eh, I'm not happy with Ezra Miller cast in this role, but yeah, you never know till it comes out so I'll just wait for the film. But just from my initial thoughts, I'd prefer someone else. Of course everything these days is about "anything goes", no one needs to look the part anymore, so it doesn't matter I suppose. Like let's just cast Ezra Miller as Superman, he doesn't need to look the part, he just needs to act well and be likable. But we'll see I suppose.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^Superman has already been cast.