New York Post

ACTOR A FLASH IN THE PAN?

Freakouts & busts hit brakes on career

- By FRANCESCA BACARDI and NATALIE O’NEILL

They could be gone in a flash.

Ezra Miller — star of the upcoming superhero flick “The Flash” — is at risk of being booted from all future Warner Bros. projects after the actor was arrested for a series of unhinged outbursts, according to a report.

In an emergency meeting last week, company honchos paused all of Miller’s future projects and appearance­s after the star was busted for disorderly conduct and harassment charges for a bizarre incident at a bar in Hawaii, according to Rolling Stone.

The 29-year-old “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” actor, who is nonbinary and uses they/ them pronouns, also had “frequent meltdowns” during production last year on “The Flash,” an insider told the magazine.

The insider described Miller as “losing it” on set but said the celebrity didn’t yell and wasn’t violent at the time.

“Ezra would get a thought in [their] head and say, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing,’ ” the insider explained.

On March 28, Miller allegedly grew agitated after patrons at the Margarita Village in Hilo began singing karaoke. Miller started spewing profanity and grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman while she was singing.

Miller then allegedly lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts. The actor was arrested and later released on $500 bail.

But the next day, Miller allegedly broke into a couple’s bedroom and growled, “I will burry [sic] you and your slut wife,” according to a temporary restrainin­g order

filed by the couple.

The couple claims the actor stole the woman’s passport and the man’s wallet with a Social Security card inside. Miller was escorted off the property by police.

The wild incident unfolded as Miller’s fellow stars from new film “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” enjoyed its world premiere in London.

Miller had also been the subject of 10 police calls in less than a month, authoritie­s said.

“The respondent is famous and wealthy,” the restrainin­g order states.

“This makes access to weapons much easier; as well as sending associates to harass the petitioner.”

In April 2020, footage appeared to show Miller choking a woman at the bar Prikið Kaffihús in Reykjavik, Iceland. They were kicked out of the watering hole but not arrested.

Miller, who is also known for performanc­es in “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” is set to appear as the titular character in “The Flash,” which is slated for release in 2023.

A rep for Miller didn’t return a request for comment.

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 ?? ?? BAD TURN: “The Flash” star Ezra Miller was arrested (above) in Hawaii and has exhibited erratic behavior.
BAD TURN: “The Flash” star Ezra Miller was arrested (above) in Hawaii and has exhibited erratic behavior.

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