Here’s everything you need to know about the allegations against Whedon, and everything that has happened since. Whedon’s history of reportedly body-shaming, making threats, and bullying have cast a shadow on his contributions and has shifted the way some people look at his previous work. The director attempted to give his side of the story in the New York mag piece, but it seemingly backfired after he downplayed some of the accusations and negative interactions people claimed to have had with him and offered no apology. Since then, other actors, writers, and crew members, including Gal Gadot and Michelle Trachtenberg, have opened up about what it was like working with the director. Last year, Justice League star Ray Fisher came forward with accusations against the director saying he created a toxic work environment on set calling Whedon’s treatment of the cast and crew “gross, abusive, unprofessional.” Buffy and Angel actress Charisma Carpenter followed, detailing her experience enduring mental and emotional abuse from Whedon. With his behavior already in the spotlight after a series of ongoing allegations by Justice League actor Ray Fisher last year, Whedon has been radio silent on Carpenter’s claims. Marsters, who played Spike on the hit teen series and its. For so long, fans viewed him as a feminist ally-but over the years, the people who worked with him and his ex-wife, Kai Cole, told a different story. James Marsters is the latest Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum to speak out amid abuse allegations against the series's creator, Joss Whedon. Whedon was once venerated for creating characters that were seemingly feminist on the surface at a time when men dominated the action and sci-fi worlds. This is the first time he speaks out in regards to those allegations. It all came crashing after actors and staff he had worked with came forward with stories of abuse and mistreatment they dealt with while working on his sets.

Whedon was known and well respected for his work writing and directing shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and movies like Marvel’s The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Joss Whedon’s recent profile in New York Magazine’s Vulture has rehashed the controversies the famed director has been facing the past few years.

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