>During a scene in the reshoots, Joss Whedon gave one of the actors a bit of direction and told him to say his line as written. As the actor was walking toward his mark, he said absently, "It’ll be something like that, yeah." It was at this point that Whedon stopped him in his tracks, called the entire cast over to him, and sternly reprimanded them about this practice they had apparently developed wherein they just say whatever they want, rather than what was written. He made it clear to them that this practice was to come to an immediate end, and it did. Afterward, it was pointed out to Whedon that, essentially, Snyder’s attitude towards the script was more indifferent and "free-flowing", whereas he was stricter and to the letter.
This is typical Ages in. Remember how he defended his shitty Alien script blaming literally every one else but himself and that Halle Berry said the "Toad struck by lightning" line "wrong" in X-Men. Dude is a hack and is literally the TV version of Harvey Weinstein.
Jace Young
>disinformation aiding Whedon hmm eat it up, Zig Forums like the good subjects you are
Parker Cox
Why would anyone care? He is a director, he has to direct his actors
Ian Martin
both are scumbags
Aaron Perry
Seriously? Seriously? "He wouldn't let me do whatever I want with my dialouge in a movie that's worth more than a small midwestern town!" If this is it, then this is like "Oh my god, that garage door pull is a noose!" level of toddler throwing a temper tantrum attention seeking.
Jackson Long
>Director asks actor to do their fucking job How horrible.
If I recall he did get into some shit for cheating his wife.
Juan Morgan
>Say your line as written, nagger. Are you fucking retarded or something? You do know how to read right? >*Almost crying* Boo-yah Shit was funny
Samuel Torres
I bet Christian Bale raging on set of Terminator: Salvation is completely fine.
Hudson Foster
Fuck, no wonder Man of Steel and Batnam V Superham had such carp dialog.
Zachary Wood
He was just trying to get an actor to do what they were paid to do.
Juan Baker
>sternly reprimanded them about this practice they had apparently developed wherein they just say whatever they want, rather than what was written I feel this is partly why editing seems to have gotten so bad in movies. It's not always the editor's fault, they're having to cover for actors who don't give a shit about memorizing their scripts or understanding their characters. I'm honestly surprised that this is the cause of friction between Fisher and Whedon, since Fisher works primarily in live theater, doesn't he? It's such a treat to watch a good, classically-trained stage actor like Jared Harris do long scenes in Chernobyl, because he takes the craft of acting seriously.
John Smith
what are you talking about? this proves wedons a tyrant
Jaxson Ward
He’s not the one paying him though. They both work for the studio
Isaac Johnson
>Noooooo, he expects me to do my job properly and not just half-ass it
Isaac Long
I can't believe he got so butthurt over a reduced cameo role in the Flash that he was willing to destroy his whole career
Alexander Brooks
funny how this quote only points to this exact thread when I search it. Huh
I can see this pissing Whedon off. He's known primarily for his writing. You wouldn't expect a cameraman to ignore the cinematographer. Fisher doesn't exactly have a career or accolades to warrant his "you get what you get" attitude.
Jayden Ortiz
But aren't actors supposed to follow the script? How is this bad?
Charles Murphy
>sternly reprimanded How is this abuse, exactly?
Aiden Evans
But he raped Ray Fisher emotionally and that is totally not fine.
Nathan White
>about this practice they had apparently developed wherein they just say whatever they want, rather than what was written. Joss was right.
Matthew James
Sounds like a good director getting his ship in order.
John Evans
Paid to listen to the director. As in, do your job. Ray a bitch. Can’t even handle someone being mad at him.
Gabriel Morris
It would be one thing it Whedon did this to Affleck (whose has won Academy Awards for both his writing and directing), but I don't think Fisher has a leg to stand on. He basically has no Hollywood career outside of Snyder films. He really should have shut up and just delivered the lines like Whedon (a guy lauded for his scripts and dialogue) wanted.
Luis Thomas
Your manager at your job isn't paying you either. You are being paid by the owner of the company. Doesn't mean that you shouldn't listen to your manager since that's how you get fired.
Alexander Brown
The real story (from whatculture) in case anyone cares besides Joss:
With that one line the whole wave of comic book movies could have failed at the first hurdle. Delivered in monotone by Halle Berry, whose turn as Storm didn't connect too well with fans, it's a cringeworthy, eighties-style quip that comes out of nowhere and feels just as out of place. Originally, however, it was something a lot less offensive, just the payoff of a running joke that would have spanned the whole film.
Ray Park's mutant was going to keep making little asides about what happens to a toad in various situations, presumably to unsubtly explain his powers and character, with Storm's barb acting as a final put down. For some reason it didn't make it all the way through production, leaving us with the punchline, but no set-up.
