Overview

• Gunn revealed a filmed scene showed Lex Luthor shooting a civilian, with blood spilling onto a platform and the president compelled to soak it up.
• The director said the sequence was cut early in post-production and never shown to test audiences.
• He praised Drew Goddard for advising that the dark ending didn’t fit the film’s overall narrative.
• In the released version, the execution remains in a distant wide shot to downplay its graphic nature.
• Gunn said the removal illustrates the challenge of aligning darker story elements with the values-driven vision of the new DC Universe.