After Zack Snyder’s Justice League won for “Oscars Cheer Moment” at the 94th Academy Awards, actor Ray Fisher requested an apology from DC Films President Walter Hamada.
The “Oscars Cheer Moment” was a fan-voted award added by the Academy for the 2022 ceremony. While Fisher acknowledged in a tweet the “historic recognition of Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” he also noted that “Walter Hamada owes an apology to the participants of the Justice League investigation.” The actor finished the tweet with his usual signature for Justice League tweets, “A>E,” which stands for “accountability is greater than entertainment.”
In honor of the historic recognition of Zack Snyder’s Justice League—allow me to say, from the bottom of my heart…that Walter Hamada owes an apology to the participants of the Justice League investigation.
A>E
— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) March 28, 2022
Fisher starred in Justice League as Cyborg and in 2020 accused director Joss Whedon of “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” behavior on the film’s set. The actor would later expand on these accusations, which would go on to include producer Geoff Johns as well. After making these comments public, Fisher stated that Hamada called him and asked for him to recant his statements. “I received a phone call from the President of DC Films wherein he attempted to throw Joss Whedon and [producer] Jon Berg under the bus in hopes that I would relent on Geoff Johns,” said Fisher at the time.
Fisher’s accusations led WarnerMedia to launch an investigation into the events that occurred on the Justice League set. Fisher has repeatedly accused Hamada of undermining that investigation since it began, although this was denied by WarnerMedia chair and CEO Ann Sarnoff. “I believe in Walter Hamada and that he did not impede or interfere in the investigation,” she said in a statement. “Furthermore, I have full confidence in the investigation’s process and findings.”
Fisher has continued to speak of his experiences on the Justice League set and continues to request accountability from Hamada and other senior employees, including Warner Bros. Picture Group President and Chief Content Officer Toby Emmerich. Most recently, Fisher called out Emmerich following his praise of Matt Reeves’ The Batman. “If Toby wants to talk about directors, he should talk about his hiring and protecting of Joss Whedon,” Fisher said.
The 2017 release of Justice League was directed by Whedon, who joined the production after the original director, Zack Snyder, stepped down following a family tragedy. Whedon made many changes to the script and tone of the movie. However, the “Snyder Cut,” or the version of the film closest to Snyder’s original vision, would later premiere on HBO Max following a fan campaign to #ReleasetheSnyderCut, and it was Zack Snyder’s Justice League that won the “Oscar Cheers Moment” at the 2022 Academy Awards.
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