Coming off a disastrous business quarter, Warner Bros. Discovery still has to make up its mind about what to do withThe Flashand Ezra Miller’s ongoing publicity scandals. However, if American audiences were to have their way,The Flashwould be another DC movie that would never see the light of day.
According to a recent poll run by the firmMorning Consult, more than half of the people in the United States believe that if a movie star were to be accused of some of the crimes Miller was accused of in recent months, that alone should be enough to warrant a cancellation or reshoots with a different actor. It bears saying that the data gathered by Morning Consult did not refer toThe Flashstar specifically, but among the questions, it does name the list of offenses they have allegedly been involved in since 2020.
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The survey was run on August 13 and 14, with a sample size of 2,210 American adults, showing an estimated margin of error in the 2% region, with the caveat that all the questions only call for an actor to be accused, not charged or convicted of the actions it names. The actions named in the survery are the grooming of children, physical assault, leaving unattended guns near children, felony burglary, issuing threats to other, disorderly conduct, or owning an unauthorized cannabis farm. Felony burglary, acrime for which Miller has actually been chargedby Vermont’s police, shows up in the poll, with 24% of participants asking for the movie’s cancellation and 40% for it being pushed back and shot with another actor in the event that they are accused of said crime.
Naturally, the numbers get worse for the more scandalous crimes. For example, grooming and assault show more disapproval, while the likes of disorderly conduct and threatening people don’t command nearly as much reprehension. As to what measures a studio likeWarner Bros. should take when handling a situationlike Miller’s, it appears most people are in favor of removing the actor from the project, whether that’d be from promotional material or credits, or at least condemning their actions and flagging them in the future.
Although any poll should be taken with a grain of salt, Warner Bros. has been surprisingly silent about Miller’s scandals. Nevertheless, these numbers paint a grim picture forThe Flash’s marketability if it’s released as planned. Meanwhile, justlast week Miller issued his first proper statement, confessing they’ve turned to professional help to treat serious mental issues.
The Flashis scheduled to release in theaters on Jun 23, 2025.
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