In their recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, 26-year-old queer actor Ezra Miller admits that an unnamed director and producer tried to seduce Miller with wine and a role in “a movie about gay revolution” when Miller was underage. Miller calls the incident a #MeToo moment.
#MeToo is the national movement against sexual assault and harassment which has largely involved high-profile media figures, politicians and athletes.
Miller reportedly refused the men’s offer, saying, “No, you guys are monsters.'”
Miller told the interviewer, “It’s a great fuckin’ age of being like, ‘You know what? That shit’s unacceptable,’ And it’s amazing for a lot of us to watch. ‘Cause, like, we all knew it was unacceptable when we fucking survived it. That’s what Hollywood is. I thought we all knew we were sex workers.”
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Miller — best known for playing The Flash in DC Comics’ superhero films and appearing in the Fantastic Beasts film franchise — is just one of many non-female people to come forward with a #MeToo story.
Actor James Van Der Beek has said that he experienced sexual harassment from “older, powerful men” during his younger years. Actor Terry Crews said Hollywood executive Adam Venit groped his crotch at a party. Openly gay performer Todrick Hall has also said that “a very influential person in the entertainment industry” sexually harassed him early in his career.
Sexual assault statistics suggest that LGBTQ people face higher levels of sexual harassment than the general population.
On a lighter note, Miller spends the entire interview smoking weed, talking about polyamorous friends and explaining their queer and non-binary identity.
“Which is to say, I don’t identify. Like, fuck that. Queer just means no, I don’t do that. I don’t identify as a man. I don’t identify as a woman. I barely identify as a human.”
derek mcgillicuddy
“Miller — best known for playing The Flash in DC Comics’ superhero films and appearing in the Fantastic Beasts film franchise — is just one of many non-female people to come forward with a #MeToo story.”
I remember when they were called “men.”
geb1966
If you read the whole article, you’d see he identifies as non-binary. He explicitly say “I don’t identify as a man. I don’t identify as a woman.” Thus the reporter may have simply been respecting his identity.
Lacuevaman
would like to know more about this story
stranger2myself
Speaking of predators. When are you going to cover story of deceased Jack Chapman and his sociopathic Master? Are you waiting for fifth death or are you afraid of that cultists? You made stories from breakfasts of some instagram models while topics important to community you just ignore because they don’t sell ads.
Scott Gatz
We covered it days ago, you missed it, please take a breath before you post next time. https://www.queerty.com/strange-sad-tale-man-died-silicone-injected-genitals-20181106
Vince
I’m thinking Bryan Singer or Dustin Lance Black.
Donston
For some reason I’m thinking Singer is not the one he’s speaking of here.
Chrisk
Yeah. Gay Revolution would be Dustin Lance Black’s territory.
shakes_head
Didn’t Roland Emmerich make that hacky whitewashed version of Stonewall? Could be him…
Pleakley
Stonewall came to mind for me as well, but it came out in 2015 so Ezra wouldn’t have been underage at the time.
Chrisk
How about Gus Van Sant. He likes em young. I could see something like that being right up his alley.
Donston
It could indeed be Van Sant. But like a lot of Hollywood “queer” filmmakers (especially ones who are mostly into very young guys) he’s resisted telling unabashedly gay stories. My Own Private Idaho was less of “gay story” and more about a sad, hopeless gay dude being obsessed with a “mostly straight” friend. While the dull and paint-by-numbers Milk felt more like an attempt for Oscar gold than anything else, and it’s one of the rare occasions that he’s directed something he didn’t write. Otherwise, he’s resisted making anything that’s in the least bit “gay”, and he seems to look at gay relationships as inherently dysfunctional and insubstantial. That was even apparent in Milk. So, I doubt “gay revolution” would be any term that he’s put out there. But I suppose if you’re trying to hook up with an underage dude you’ll say anything.
Donston
Honestly, the more Miller talks about himself the more he comes as someone who’s contending with a lot of demons and frustrations. And like of lot of industry people he feels the need to merely put forward a bunch of cliches and ambiguous phrases because he’s afraid of revealing too much, afraid to offend people and afraid to be legit honest about what he’s been through and what he’s still dealing with.
Also, it’s kinda funny/sad that a large percentage of the “queer community” has been on full attack mode for the last several years when it comes to “white gays”. However, here is someone who is white, who is a rich cis male (from a bio standpoint if not entirely from a mental standpoint), someone who is not trans, someone is not effeminate, someone who is conventionally good-looking and someone who has never legitimately and openly dated anyone who is not a cis female, and someone who has rather indirectly said a few “problematic” things. Yet, he has constantly attached himself to the “queer community” and to “queer issues”, but no one is accusing him of being a culture vulture or being problematic. A lot of folks seem to have different standards for people depending on their identity or “lifestyle” or their looks or who they’ve chosen to date/marry/have long-term relationships with. I’m cool with Miller. But the general hypocrisy, the resentment towards genuine and unabashed same-sex love and commitment, and resentment towards people who are unabashed about their same-sex love and commitment- these things are starting to become very apparent among “queers”. And so much of it comes from Hollywood. It’s becoming more apparent than ever that homophobia, predation and a high amount of damage souls is heavy in that industry.
This type of hypocrisy/double standards and shame/dismissive-ness towards same-sex unions is one of the reasons why despite being inherently pan-sexual, not always feeling completely cis gender and despite having had a couple of bi threesomes with my husband I still fully embrace “gay”.
shakes_head
You don’t have to openly date a female or a male or exhibit femme or masc characteristics to identify as queer, and there’s no way you know enough about Miller’s life to make any accusations of hypocrisy. Just take a seat and let them live their life…
Juanjo
Miss Donston has the vapors, someone give her the smelling salts.
Donston
I’m actually not accusing Miller of anything. He can do whatever and identify as whatever he pleases. I’m speaking on the “white gays” article from a few days ago and talking about people who are constantly accusing “white gays” or gay-identifying men in general of being “culture vultures”, of constantly trying to stay at the forefront of the “queer community”, of being histrionic, of constantly talking about their identity and using it for attention or to seem special or to constantly purport themselves as victims. It seems like those same standards and resentments don’t extend to everyone. I’m not white, btw. I just don’t care for hypocrisy and double-standards and uncalled for broad-stroking and resentment.
Geeker
Are there any gay movie directors that aren’t creepy teen loving sex pests?
Donston
A couple of non-white filmmakers perhaps. But even some of them have been suspect. Honestly, it’s the type of stuff that really makes me feel some type of way about Hollywood and understand why so many out actors have chosen to stick with mostly stage work and chosen to work mainly in New York. The majority of the out gay/homosexual/homo-leaning/queer filmmakers either come off as completely youth obsessed and predatory, seem obsessed with straight or “mostly straight” guys, and/or don’t seem interested in telling insightful and different and entertaining stories that involve same-sex/queer relationships unless they are “dark” and “subversive” and end in sadness. I think it’s part of the reason so much of the industry seems to exude homophobia or internalized homophobia.
Greg
well, who are they? We want names.
ShowMeGuy
They never name them. The moment they throw those names out there, they will not get invited on the talk show circuit again to promote their next project, since they no longer have anything scandalous to talk about. Ask Corey Feldman how to milk that dry cow.