Line #29 Creator/RayFisher


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3	->''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague "I'm not broken... and I'm not alone."]]''
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6	Ray Fisher (born September 8, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American stage and screen actor.
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8	A classically trained actor, he gained notice when he played UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli in Will Power's off-Broadway play ''Theatre/FetchClayMakeMan'' in 2013. Fisher then made his film debut as [[ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone / Cyborg]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. He is also an active [[LetsPlay let's player]] on Platform/{{Twitch}}.
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10	On the family trivia side, his grandmother was the personal typist of UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein in Philadelphia.
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12	!!Stage roles of note:
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14	* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' as Tom Robinson, 2008, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
15	* ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', 2009, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
16	* ''Theatre/FetchClayMakeMan'' as Muhammad Ali, 2013, New York Theatre Workshop / 2023, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City
17	* ''Theatre/ThePianoLesson'' as Lymon, 2022, St. James Theatre, Broadway
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19	!!Filmography:
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21	* ''The Good, the Bad, and the Confused'' (2008, short film)
22	* ''Series/TheAstronautWivesClub'' (2015) as Captain Edward Dwight
23	* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'' as [[ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone / Cyborg]]
24	** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (2016, EarlyBirdCameo)
25	** ''Film/{{Justice League\|2017}}'' (2017)
26	** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021)
27	* ''Series/TrueDetective'' (2019) as Henry Hays
28	* ''Series/WomenOfTheMovement'' (2022) as Gene Mobley
29	* ''Film/RebelMoon'' (2023) as Darien Bloodaxe
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31	!!Tropes & Trivia about his works:
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33	* [[invoked]]ActorInspiredElement: Even before there was a script, Fisher was given the opportunity by Creator/ZackSnyder and Creator/ChrisTerrio to shape a great deal of the personalities of Victor Stone/Cyborg and his family. Pretty much all of it was axed from the 2017 version, it was later all restored in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''.
34	* CreatorBacklash: He has been very vocal about how much he disliked making ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' (the reshoots, not the original production) and didn't care for the finished project. He disliked that most of Cyborg's backstory and character development was scrapped, and felt that this, combined with some of the lines and scenes added via reshoots, reduced the character to comic relief relying on black stereotypes. He also [[HostilityOnTheSet did not get along with]] replacement director Creator/JossWhedon ''at all'', publicly stating that Whedon was abusive towards him and other cast and crew members such as Creator/GalGadot; he further accused post-''Justice League'' DCEU president Walter Hamada of covering for the enabling of Whedon, which also involved Creator/GeoffJohns. Fisher's experience on the film was bad enough that he expressed no interest in reprising the role of Cyborg (at least while Hamada was running things). By contrast, a FriendshipOnTheSet happened between him and Snyder before the Whedon retooling, he participated in additional photography on ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', and he is happy to work with Snyder on future projects.
35	* [[invoked]]DyeingForYourArt: He gained 20 pounds of muscle to convincingly portray Muhammad Ali in the play ''Fetch Clay, Make Man'', and got ripped as well to play Victor Stone/Cyborg (who was an AcademicAthlete before his crippling accident) in ''Justice League''.
36	* [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen:
37	** He was one of five finalists for the role of Finn in ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheForceAwakens''. Creator/JohnBoyega got the part, and Fisher was subsequently hired for the role of Cyborg in the DCEU instead.
38	** He was cast for a role in ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'' but ultimately didn't appear in the film.
39	** There was supposed to be a solo ''Cyborg'' film to tie into the originally conceived ''Justice League'' film series, and Ray was expected to have a prominent role as the character in ''Film/{{The Flash\|2023}}''. However, the ''Cyborg'' project was seemingly canned after ''Justice League'' bombed in 2017 and, after falling out with Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/DCFilms executives over the [[invoked]][[HostilityOnTheSet hostile set environment]] of the reshoots on that film, Fisher has more-or-less sworn off working with them.
40	** When an adaptation of Creator/MarkMillar's comic book ''Prodigy '' was announced, Fisher expressed interest in playing the hero, Edison Crane. However, he quickly took back said interest and deleted his tweets on the subject. Nobody knows why, but plenty have speculated it has to do with Millar's infamous and vocal hatred of Creator/ZackSnyder's DC Extended Universe films (Fisher and Snyder have remained friends and collaborators since the filming of ''Justice League''), including personal attacks on Snyder.

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