Scandal-plagued star looks unrecognisable in rare red carpet outing

This actor all but disappeared after a string of scandals and arrests - now, they’re back on the red carpet, looking very different.

Scandal-plagued actor Ezra Miller stepped out on a red carpet in Italy over the weekend, looking noticeably different after an extended period out of the public eye.

Miller, 32, who uses they / them pronouns, wore a floor-length dress on the red carpet at the 2025 Filming Italy Sardegna Festival on Saturday. The actor wore black boots and had a watermelon hairclip in their tousled mane.

Miller is making a tentative return to the movie business after a string of public scandals that ended with a series of legal issues back in 2022.

The new-look Miller on the red carpet. Picture: Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Miller has kept out of the public eye in recent years. Picture: Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Once a promising young actor known for starring roles in Justice League, We Need to Talk About Kevin and the Fantastic Beasts franchise, by 2022 Miller’s career lay in tatters following arrests for everything from disorderly conduct to second degree assault to burglary.

The same year, Miller was accused of grooming a teenager with “cult-like” behaviour.

The teen’s parents claimed in a lawsuit that Miller had used “violence, intimidation, threat of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions and drugs to hold sway over a young adolescent”. The teenager in question denied the accusations.

Miller circa 2016, at the premiere of their film Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

… and in a 2022 mugshot, after being arrested in Hawaii for disorderly conduct. Picture: Getty

Before that, Miller was recorded in 2020 allegedly choking a woman outside a bar in Iceland.

Miller released a statement to Variety in August 2022 as the scandals against them mounted.

“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” they said.

“I want to apologise to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behaviour. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”

Miller made another red carpet appearance with Milla-Alexia Gojkovic over the weekend. Picture: Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Miller out and about during the Italian film festival. Picture: Daniele Venturelli/Getty

As Miller makes tentative steps back into the public eye, the actor gave a rare interview on the ground at the Italian film festival over the weekend where they revealed what they’ve been up to since their scandal-plagued 2022.

“I’ve been writing a lot, because you can do that in solitude,” they said, “which has been friendly to me”.

Miller also said they have a Hollywood comeback planned: A film co-written with We Need To Talk About Kevin writer Lynne Ramsey.

Calling Ramsey “one of the greatest living filmmakers,” Miller said their collaboration “will likely be the first thing I do” when returning to Hollywood.

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