James Gunn, the writer-director of the hit Superman film, experienced a career crisis in 2018 after Disney fired him due to resurfaced offensive tweets. The backlash against Disney's decision was substantial, receiving criticism from actors and an online petition with over 400,000 signatures urging for Gunn's reinstatement. Reflecting on this period, Gunn felt he had lost his career, power, and financial stability, leading to a profound realization about himself and his priorities in life as he embarked on a new project with Warner Bros.' DC Studios.
"My life was gone. I thought my career was over. I didn't think I was gonna make another dime in this industry. I thought I was gonna have to hold onto whatever I had made, which was nowhere near as much as I had hoped it would be, to last for the rest of my life, and live a really frugal life."
"I had lost all the power I had, I had lost the ability to cast anybody, I had lost everything."
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