Amazon’s comedian ebook adaptation Invincible has lots to supply followers: A deft mix of humor and completely stunning animated violence; implausible lead performances from Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, and J.Okay. Simmons; an entire host of visitor stars and cameo performances to spherical out its huge superhero forged. The latter of which has elicited only a bit of controversy this week, although, as followers rapidly observed that one superstar cameo from the present’s first season has now been quietly recast: Zombie-making mad scientist D.A. Sinclair, who was performed within the present’s first outing by, uh, Ezra Miller.
Not a lot within the present’s ongoing second season, although the place the character—recruited by the “good guys” to make zombie troopers for them, as a substitute of his personal evil functions—returns very briefly, now voiced by veteran voice actor Eric Bauza. (Currently audible in a number of small roles in X-Men ’97, and not audible in his capability as an everyday Looney Tunes voice actor in Warner Bros.’ eternally shelved Coyote Vs. Acme.) Amazon hasn’t immediately commented on the recasting, nevertheless it’s not laborious, given the profession/police blotter trajectory of the previous couple of years of Miller’s public persona, to guess why the Seth Rogen-produced sequence might have opted for a change, simply in case.
The realization of the re-casting additionally serves as an odd little reminder that we, as a society, seem to have utterly misplaced observe of Miller—a prospect that will have been legitimately alarming circa 2022, when he served as a kind of popular culture boogeyman, haunting the headlines of the information cycle on a near-daily foundation. But, exterior a number of courtroom appearances—and a single look on the premiere of his superhero film The Flash in June of 2023, as fleeting as that movie’s field workplace run—Miller has been virtually utterly radio silent since late in 2022, when a rep issued a press release that he was present process remedy for “advanced psychological well being points.” He hasn’t labored since—no upcoming roles, no press occasions, and definitely no fast voice cameos in a enjoyable, surprisingly brutal animated superhero present.
