‘Invincible’ recasts Ezra Miller role after actor’s controversies

Ezra Miller, the Flash and Unbelievable Beasts star who turned mired in controversy after a string of arrests and allegations lately, seems to have been quietly changed within the second season of the Prime Video animated sequence Invincible.

Miller voiced D.A. Sinclair in season 1, a mad scientist who murders people and turns them into robots dubbed ReAnimen. The villain is defeated however returns in a nightmare sequence throughout this week’s season 2 episode, “I am Not Going Wherever” — however this time he is voiced by actor Eric Bauza, whose different voice credit embrace X-Men ’97 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

EW has reached out to representatives for Prime Video and Miller for remark.

Based mostly on the Skybound/Picture comedian of the identical identify, Invincible hails from The Strolling Useless‘s Robert Kirkman and reunites him with actors Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, and Michael Cudlitz, amongst others. The present follows teenager Mark Grayson (Yeun), who learns that his father (J.Ok. Simmons) is probably the most highly effective superhero on the planet.

Miller, who makes use of they/them pronouns, has in recent years been accused of assault, abuse, and grooming youngsters, in addition to arrested for alleged disorderly conduct and harassment. Some prices towards them have been dropped as a part of plea deals Miller has struck in a number of states. The actor apologized for their behavior in 2022 and stated in a press release offered to EW that they’d begun “ongoing therapy” to deal with “complicated psychological points.”

“I need to apologize to everybody that I’ve alarmed and upset with my previous conduct,” Miller stated. “I’m dedicated to doing the mandatory work to get again to a wholesome, protected and productive stage in my life.”

The controversies led to requires Miller’s removing from the 2023 superhero movie The Flash, however director Andy Muschietti stood by the embattled actor, stating that he had no plans to recast Miller in future iterations. (The press tour for The Flash largely sidelined Miller, focusing as an alternative on Michael Keaton‘s return as Batman.)

“We have now lots of empathy normally for individuals who need assistance, and particularly in psychological well being points,” Muschietti previously told EW. “That is why they’re taking the mandatory steps to take care of their restoration, and we help them in that.”

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