Jason Momoa has come out to openly support his “Justice League” co-star Ray Fisher, amid his ongoing dispute with Warner Bros. Pictures.
Momoa, who plays Aquaman in the film – which grossed $657 million for the studio — shared a photo of Fisher on his Instagram story with the caption “IStandWithRayFisher.”
Fisher shared Momoa’s post on Twitter, writing “Accountability> Entertainment.”
In July, Fisher accused “Justice League” director Joss Whedon of “abusive” behavior on the set of the 2017 movie. He also called out former Warner Bros. co-president Jon Berg, and former DC Entertainment chief Geoff Johns for enabling the bad behavior.
Fisher did not elaborate on the allegedly “abusive” behavior but posted a different tweet that retracted an earlier positive statement he made about Whedon while promoting the film during Comic Con.
While Whedon declined to comment on Fisher’s initial claim, Berg said it was “categorically untrue that we enabled any unprofessional behavior.”
In August, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into Fisher’s accusations.
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Last week, the studio released a statement about the actor refusing to cooperate after it initiated an investigation and hired a separate independent third-party investigator.
Fisher countered that and said he did speak to an investigator via Zoom on Aug. 26 but cut the session short because he wanted to consult his team before proceeding.
He also accused the studio of stoking the situation, writing Warner Bros. “has escalated this to an entirely different level, but I’m ready to meet the challenge.”
On Friday, Fisher asserted that Johns made a “thinly veiled threat” against his career in a separate Twitter post.
A standalone film about the high-tech weaponry-clad half-man/half machine was initially planned to be released 2020 – but hasn’t materialized.
Whedon took over directing duties after the original director, Zack Snyder, was forced to step away from the project following his daughter’s tragic suicide in March 2017.
Warner Bros. subsequently gave Snyder the money to complete the film as he saw it, and the Snyder Cut of “Justice League” will be released exclusively on HBO Max next year.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fisher is in deep negotiations to reprise his role as Cyborg in Ezra Miller’s “The Flash,” due to shoot next year and already has Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton on board.
Before catching a big break in the superhero film universe, Fisher was a classically-trained theater actor whose credits include The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where he starred in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s productions of “King Lear” and “Cymbeline.”
In 2013, the Camden, New Jersey, native performed onstage as Muhammad Ali in Will Power’s off-Broadway play “Fetch Clay, Make Man,” which centered on the boxing legend’s relatively unknown relationship with controversial 1930s film actor Stepin’ Fetchit.