While Grant Gustin has given Barry Allen ample life on the small screen, it's Ezra Miller
who's currently zipping around the DC movie universe as The Flash.
You've seen him in Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, and he'll be joining Batman, Wonder
Woman, and Aquaman for some world-saving fun in Justice League.
Before his stint as a comic hero, though, the charming scene-stealer amassed quite an
impressive filmography.
"That feels like an oversimplification."
Chances are, you've seen some of his work in the past, so let's take a look at some
of Ezra Miller's most memorable roles before he became the speedy superhero.
The TV scene
Although he'd done a few other projects before, Ezra Miller made his true small screen debut
in Showtime's second season of Californication, as the complicated love interest of the protagonist's
daughter.
His five-episode arc was brief but memorable thanks to some well-delivered words of wisdom.
"If a beautiful girl is kind enough to kiss you, f--- you kiss her right back."
It wasn't the last time he'd delight TV audiences with a supporting role.
He also appeared on an episode of Law and Order: SVU and then had a recurring role on
Royal Pains as a rich hemophiliac in need of Dr. Hank's MacGyver-style medical techniques.
The maniac
After starring in a few little-seen films like City Island and Beware the Gonzo, Ezra
Miller got his first cinematic breakthrough in 2011's We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Not only was the movie an emotional wrecking ball that won't soon be forgotten, but Miller's
role was especially disturbing.
In the film, he starred as the title character, a sociopathic teenager who commits unthinkable
crimes against his family and, eventually, others as well -- all while disguising his
penchant for sadism with his undeniable charms.
Opposite Tilda Swinton, Miller really brought his A-game to the table and earned a lot of
esteem for his performance in the role.
And despite playing the kind of character no one would ever want to run across in real
life, almost everyone wanted to rub elbows with Ezra Miller after seeing his work in
the movie.
The teen dream
Ezra Miller avoided being typecast as Hollywood's resident weird kid by playing someone completely
different in the cinematic adaptation of Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
His character Patrick is still far from ordinary, but he was the kind of enigmatic spirit that
tends to elevate the mood of a room, rather than sending a chill down everyone's spine.
Although Patrick had plenty of problems of his own, Miller did a fantastic job of imbuing
quick wit and wistful existentialism into the role and standing out, even among his
more established peers.
"Got it, your highness."
The love interest
2014's Madame Bovary wasn't exactly adored by critics or audiences, but it did give Ezra
Miller fans a chance to see him turn on the charms as a young man hoping to win the heroine's
affections.
Described as "the last romantic left in all of France," Miller's character only earns
her attention for a brief spell, but it was still a lot more successful a courtship than
what happened the very next year in a very different movie.
In Amy Schumer's Trainwreck, Ezra Miller also played a romantic interest of the leading
lady, but it was a whole lot less traditional, to say the least.
In the film, he played Schumer's intern, whom she decides to spend the night with, and things
get weird very fast.
After sharing the most awkward kisses ever caught on camera, Donald starts making some
freaky moves, tells Amy his safe word is "pineapple," and then insists she sock him in the face.
But the night comes to an early end when Donald's mom bursts into the room and informs Amy her
kid is only 16.
For what it's worth, Trainwreck also reunited Miller with his We Need to Talk About Kevin
mom, Tilda Swinton, with way less guinea pig violence this time around.
The prisoner
If you've ever opened a psychology textbook, you've probably heard of the Stanford prison
experiment.
The controversial social simulation went terribly awry once the faux guards started taking their
positions way too seriously, and in this 2015 film adaptation of the events, Miller played
a pretend prisoner named Daniel Culp, who unexpectedly endures some true torment while
behind those bars.
While it started out as a joke to those in prison garb ...
"Look at this guy, he thinks he's John Wayne or something."
The situation became dangerous as the students playing the guards began to seriously torture
Culp by making him strip naked, exercise in the middle of the night and endure actual
assaults, all before being shoved into solitary confinement.
To make matters worse, even after the scientist pulled the plug on the exercise, Culp's suffering
was far from over.
Although the film wasn't quite as buzzy as the real-life scenario had been, it took some
real mettle for Miller to tackle the role.
But by then, he'd become a veteran of the drama scene and had no trouble tackling the
tough material.
The squibb
Most of Ezra Miller's silver screen characters have been notably talkative, but his appearance
in the first Harry Potter spin-off pic, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, presented him
as a much quieter kind of young man than fans had been used to seeing.
Miller starred as Credence, the eldest adopted son of an abusive woman on a mission to expose
witchcraft and wizardry as a dangerous segment of society.
At the same time, he was being courted by the head of magical law enforcement to help
find a child with incredible powers who may be in danger.
Although the movie did require him to sport a very unfortunate hairstyle, it also gave
audiences the opportunity to see Miller in an all-new light and make him a franchise
star twice over.
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