(Los Angeles) Ezra Miller, star of Warner Bros. upcoming superhero film, The Flashannounced Tuesday to suffer from mental health problems and to have started treatment after several arrests by the police.
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“Having recently gone through a period of intense crisis, I now understand that I suffer from complex mental health problems and have started to undergo treatment,” the artist said in a statement sent to AFP by his representatives. .
Ezra Miller, 29, who has already played the character of “Flash” in several big productions like Justice Leaguewas charged with burglary in early August in Vermont, and with disturbing the public order after two arrests in Hawaii.
These incidents – and allegations of a physical confrontation with a woman in Iceland that did not result in a complaint – have raised questions about the future of the film. The Flash and, beyond that, to his career.
“I want to apologize to anyone I may have worried and upset by my past behavior,” adds the press release, in which the incarnation of the Flash also claims to want “to do the work necessary to reconnect with a healthy period, safe and productive of (his) life”.
Despite these controversies, Warner Bros. recently confirmed plans to broadcast The Flashscheduled for next summer.
The shooting of the film, whose budget is estimated at 200 million dollars, has already been completed.
Ezra Miller had enjoyed early success with his roles in hit dramas like after school, We Need to Talk About Kevin and Charlie’s world.
The artist, who presents himself as non-binary, then played the role of the superhero Flash in several films of the DC Comics universe, competitor of Marvel, in 2016 and 2017.