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- Aquaman director James Wan addresses reports of a toxic work environment and emphasizes the need to stay calm amidst the "noise" and false narratives.
- Wan, known for being a private person who avoids social media fights, highlights the disparity between the reality and the exaggerated claims surrounding the movie.
- He clarifies that the reshoots for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom were limited to seven or eight days, a normal occurrence for a film of this scale, due to scheduling difficulties.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom director James Wan is speaking out about the chaotic DCEU reports that have been coming out about his upcoming superhero movie. The DCEU is wrapping up its decade-long run this December with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which will be the final DCEU movie for the franchise. However, the road to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has not been an easy one, with several release date delays, reported problems happening on set, reshoots, and supposed lackluster test screenings.
Following the reports that came out about Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom having a toxic work environment, Wan spoke to Empire Magazine (via Comicbook.com) about the claims. Wan is the first one to break his silence as Momoa and other Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom cast members have yet to speak out. Without referencing any specifics, Wan stressed that he has "had to learn to be more Zen in dealing with all the noise around me," sharing the following:
I’ve had to learn to be more Zen in dealing with all the noise around me, for sure. I’m a pretty private person. I don’t get on social media and have fights, but it’s difficult because this narrative has emerged that is not the reality. The noise is fun to write about, and it gets clicks, but people don’t know the truth. We probably did seven or eight days of reshoots, which is nothing for a movie of this size. It was just spread out because it’s so hard to get your actors back once you’ve finished the initial shoot.