Speaking to the hosts of the Geek House Show podcast, Fisher addressed the extent of Whedon’s reshoots and how they altered Zack Snyder’s intended arc for Cyborg, as he alleged that every single scene with Cyborg in the theatrical version of Justice League turned out to be a reshoot, except one brief appearance from his character assembling alongside the Justice League to meet up with Commissioner Jim Gordon on the rooftop of the Gotham City Police Department.
“Some things were, like, similar with the reshoots as what we did with the original, and so it’s hard to, like, tell with certain shots of other people for scenes that I wasn’t there for,” Fisher said of the reshoots. “But what I can tell you from my character, and for what you saw in the theatrical version, that every single scene with the exception of the Gotham City police rooftop scene with Commissioner Gordon and Batman and Flash and all that… every single scene that I’m in was reshot. I reshot almost the entire film on my end. As far as other people’s stuff where I wasn’t there, I can’t really tell you.”
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Most of Cyborg’s origin story was cut from the theatrical version of the film, including seeing the character learn to fly, use weapons, and hack into other computer networks, as well as his deeper connection to Mother Boxes (since he’s basically born from a Mother Box). The majority of these scenes are expected to be restored in full for Zack Snyder’s four-hour cut of Justice League, which will release across four parts on HBO Max in 2021.
Snyder has already stated that he will not use even a “single frame” from Whedon’s Justice League reshoots for his version of the film. In fact, he said that he would “literally blow that f***ing thing up” before using any of Whedon’s material. Snyder has, however, started working on his own reshoots for the director’s cut of Justice League, with several of the main cast reportedly returning to shoot additional footage to presumably flesh out existing scenes.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.