Ezra Miller Books Next Role After Scandals in Movie from 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' Director

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Following multiple controversies and arrests, Ezra Miller has booked another film role
The Flash star will star in Lynne Ramsay's upcoming vampire movie, the director said in an interview
Miller last worked with Ramsay on 2011's We Need to Talk About KevinEzra Miller has booked another screen role years after making headlines for various scandals.
Director Lynne Ramsay said in an interview earlier this month with The Los Angeles Times that The Flash star will play the main character in her next movie. Miller, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, last worked with Ramsay in the 2011 drama We Need to Talk About Kevin.
'I'm making a vampire movie,' Ramsay, 55, said when asked about making horror films. 'I can't tell you much. It's with Ezra Miller who was in Kevin. He's the main character. That's in development.'
Laughing, she added that production on that project is further along than audiences might think: 'You won't wait for 10 years. I don't have 10 years. I've got to do it quicker than that.'
Miller, 32, made their Hollywood breakout in 2008's Afterschool and 2012's The Perks of Being a Wallflower before landing the role of Barry Allen in several DC Extended Universe movies, most recently leading 2023's The Flash.
That superhero movie's release was overshadowed by controversies surrounding Miller, who in 2022 faced a series of arrests for disorderly conduct and assault charges. In Hawaii, the actor pled no contest to a disorderly conduct charge over incidents at a karaoke bar, and was later arrested and charged with second-degree assault after allegedly throwing a chair. Later in 2022, Miller was accused of grooming two children and of burglarizing a home in Vermont.
In August of that year, Miller publicly addressed their troubling behavior in a statement to PEOPLE. "Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment," the star said. "I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.'
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On May 17, Ramsay, whose last feature film was 2017's You Were Never Really Here, premiered Die, My Love at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. An adaptation of Ariana Harwicz's novel of the same name, it stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson and LaKeith Stanfield and counts Martin Scorsese and Lawrence among its producers. Distributor Mubi has not yet announced a release date.
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