Ezra Miller's presence looms over a second film: Mary Harron's Dalíland
Co-stars share their experiences working with the legally embattled Miller
When the Toronto International Film Festival tried to push Miller’s appearance in Mary Harron’s Dalíland under the rug during its roster announcement earlier this month, it only centered the conversation on the actor’s involvement. As Miller’s sole feature aside from Warner Bros. The Flash, their presence in Dalíland has become magnified, even though they only appear as the young surrealist Salvador Dalí in a few scenes.
With their casting unremovable, the question around Dalíland has become: “What was it like working with Ezra Miller?” To which most of their colleagues answer: Perfectly fine, even good. Harron and fellow cast members’ testimonies don’t paint the picture of an erratic, unstable person who would soon rack up several arrests and become a headline fixture, but a seasoned professional who showed up ready to do the job.
“They turned in a completely realized performance,” Harron says of Miller in a new interview with Vanity Fair. “They were very professional and nice to everybody. There was no trouble or a sign of trouble on set. So it was very upsetting and terrible to read what happened later. Reading this stuff was very sad—very sad for everybody involved. Hopefully they are getting help for what sounds like a very, very serious break.”
She adds, “I’m not condoning anything they’ve done wrong. I think it doesn’t matter how talented someone is, if they’ve done anything wrong, they have to face it. I also think that clearly this is not just a young star acting out. This is much more serious. This seems like something that needs a serious intervention, which I hope has happened.”