Ray Fisher Talks About his Role as Cyborg
Being cast in the role of Cyborg is a monumental step in Ray Fisher’s career. This is his first major motion picture. Not only that, his character is DC’s first movie screen black hero.
To a lot of comic fans, Cyborg is not just a member of the Justice League. He represents not just a superhero but a role model for many children.
Fisher shares that his first interaction with the character was when he watched the cartoon show Teen Titans in the early 2000s. He was a freshman in high school during that time. Fisher recalls growing up following all the characters in Justice League and Batman Superman Adventures to name a few.
In the movie, his character undergoes a healing process where bits and pieces of his human existence slowly come to him. To the relief of comic fans, Fisher gets to use Cyborg’s famous catchphrase “Boo-yah” as part of his dialogue in the film. Fisher was really excited to say it because it felt right and wasn’t forced. …show more content…
However, playing the role of a black superhero has encouraged a lot of young people of color to show their admiration to Cyborg’s character. He says he’s gone to a lot of conventions in different countries and there are colored kids coming up to him to say that Cybrog is their hero.
Even disabled people are telling him how they respond to his character because of they are an amputee. Whether they’ve got a prosthetic leg or arm, they feel that they are represented. Fisher looks at it as an honor to be able to symbolize people who are underrepresented in the television and film industry. He also adds that he hopes he did justice to the
Being cast in the role of Cyborg is a monumental step in Ray Fisher’s career. This is his first major motion picture. Not only that, his character is DC’s first movie screen black hero.
To a lot of comic fans, Cyborg is not just a member of the Justice League. He represents not just a superhero but a role model for many children.
Fisher shares that his first interaction with the character was when he watched the cartoon show Teen Titans in the early 2000s. He was a freshman in high school during that time. Fisher recalls growing up following all the characters in Justice League and Batman Superman Adventures to name a few.
In the movie, his character undergoes a healing process where bits and pieces of his human existence slowly come to him. To the relief of comic fans, Fisher gets to use Cyborg’s famous catchphrase “Boo-yah” as part of his dialogue in the film. Fisher was really excited to say it because it felt right and wasn’t forced. …show more content…
However, playing the role of a black superhero has encouraged a lot of young people of color to show their admiration to Cyborg’s character. He says he’s gone to a lot of conventions in different countries and there are colored kids coming up to him to say that Cybrog is their hero.
Even disabled people are telling him how they respond to his character because of they are an amputee. Whether they’ve got a prosthetic leg or arm, they feel that they are represented. Fisher looks at it as an honor to be able to symbolize people who are underrepresented in the television and film industry. He also adds that he hopes he did justice to the