Joss Whedon denies threatening Gal Gadot on 'Justice League' set

American filmmaker Joss Whedon refuted actor Gal Gadots allegations that he threatened her career claiming that there was no conflict between Gadot and him on the sets of Justice League calling it a misunderstanding due to language barrier Whedon who directed Gadot in the 2017 film Justice League addressed her 2021 claims in a new interview with New York Magazine Gadot had in a previous interview said that he threatened my career and said that if I do something he will make sure my career is miserable reported People magazineI dont threaten people Who does that Whedon said The director claimed that the Israeli actor who speaks fluent English misunderstood him English is not her first language and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech Whedon told the magazine The director acknowledged that they argued over cutting a scene and claimed he jokingly told her that she would have to tie him to a railroad track and do it over his dead body the outlet explainedThen I was told that I had said something about her dead body and tying her to the railroad track he alleged However the Red Notice star disagreed with his recollection I understood perfectly Gadot told the magazine in an email The 57yearold filmmaker reflected on his time taking over the directing duties for the 2017 film Warner Bros brought Whedon in to take over for director Zack Snyder who stepped down after his daughter died by suicide and the Avengers director worked in many rewrites and 40 days of reshoots which caused tension on the setIn April 2021 The Hollywood Reporter outlined how Whedon allegedly threatened to harm Gadots career and disparaged Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins after the 36yearold actor brought up creative concerns Whedon reportedly told her to shut up and say the lines threatening to make her look incredibly stupid in this movie When asked about her relationship with the filmmaker Gadot told THR I had my issues with Whedon and Warner Bros handled it in a timely mannerThe Wonder Woman actor wasnt the only one who took issue with Whedon The filmmaker denied actor Ray Fishers claims that Whedon abused his power and lightened the 34yearold actors skin tone Whedon said none of Fishers allegations were either true or merited discussing He described Fishers actions as a malevolent force adding Were talking about a bad actor in both senses Fisher who played Cyborg in Justice League said on Twitter in July 2020 that Whedon was gross abusive unprofessional and completely unacceptable during reshoots on the filmIn an October 2020 interview with Forbes Fisher further alleged that race was just one of the issues with the reshoot process He said at the time There were massive blowups threats coercion taunting unsafe work conditions belittling and gaslighting like you wouldnt believeFisher went on to say last year in a feature for The Hollywood Reporter that his own creative input was continually not taken seriously by producer and DC Films cochairman Geoff Johns and other leadership including Whedon Whedon denied Fishers claims in the new interview saying he trimmed Cyborgs role in the film because his plot logically made no sense and he wasnt a fan of Fishers acting in itHe also denied digital lightening specifically of Fishers skin tone telling the magazine that he brightened everything in postproduction Fisher on Monday tweeted Looks like Joss Whedon got to direct an endgame after all He added Rather than address all of the lies and buffoonery todayI will be celebrating the legacy of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr Tomorrow the work continues MLKDay AgtEThe problems went beyond just the cast members According to Us Weekly an anonymous crew member claimed that Whedon once paused the shoot to announce that hed never worked with a ruder group of people Another unnamed source on set noted that Snyder encouraged improvisation while Whedon wanted the actors to be wordperfect causing even more tension on the sets of the filmThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever