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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This bit from Jamey Heath's depo is fascinating: https://www.reddit.com/r/teamjustinbaldoni/comments/1owif3p/ryan_berated_justin_for_56_hours_during_the/

This is Heath describing the return to work meeting (the one with the 17 point list):

[I]"When this first -- when she first started reading a couple of her things and Justin was hearing this, taking this in, and trying to make sense of it, he was frozen by hearing this stuff. And instead of -- well, let me not say instead of -- and his reaction was -- was that he was being a coward. That what you do when a woman says this to you and points out these things, you just stand up and you just apologize and apologize. And Justin was just like, but I didn't do this. And then he raised his voice and used some language and insinuated that he was not a good guy."[/I]

The link is from the Baldoni sub so of course the focus is on Ryan's behavior towards Baldoni. Which I think is interesting but also... this is a fascinating way to describe this interaction on Baldoni's side. Heath is saying that Baldoni was cowardly, that instead of owning up to his behavior and apologizing, he started denying it, and it became contentious. And this is from Heath, so obviously a more sympathetic testimony here.

This paints a complicated picture. Which I've always felt was the case. It really sounds like Baldoni was in WAY over his head with this project. Blake clearly has a difficult personality but when you are the boss... that's life. It really sounds like both Blake and Baldoni did stuff to make this conflict worse and worse.

It's just interesting to me that Heath here is basically criticizing Baldoni's response. I also think it tends to undercut the criticism of Ryan because if Baldoni was just denying all of it or refusing to take any responsibility for behavior on set (he's the director, even if he didn't cause problems on set, they are still his responsibility), I could see that making a hot head like Reynolds even angrier. Not defending Reynolds' behavior either, just noting it takes two to tango here.

This case is so fascinating to me. I love being a looky loo on this one.[/quote]

Every director is on over their head, which is why many become tyrants. Movie making is a lot of pressure. Directors just don’t have the misfortune of having their ship-running being scrutinized due to a high profile court case.

You really are trying to make something out of nothing  [/quote]

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