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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deposition of Sony execs are really interesting and kind of epic - the CEO of Sony, the president of Sony and the chief communication officers of Sony said this about Blake

- that she bought the bad publicity “onto herself” and then she insisted on “bringing drama around the film and it backfired”

- they called the decision to promote her hair products along with the film, “epically stupid, and she should know better”

Wow, sounds like no love lost between Ryan Blake and Sony. Guess they won’t be in any more Sony flicks lol[/quote]

Those comments were not from depositions but from emails that took place in, I believe, August 2024. They were written in response to Blake complaining to Sony about the negative online commentary about her as the film was being promoted.

I have only read Ange Giannetti's deposition so far (I think other Sony people were deposed but if so I haven't read their depos) and she doesn't say anything unkind about Blake in what I read. She is asked whether she called Blake a "f***ing terrorist" in a communication after the meeting for the 17 point list, and she confirms she said that, but she doesn't say that's what her currently feeling towards Blake is.

I would not assume that Sony hates Blake (or Ryan) or that these comments reflect their beliefs now. Not saying they like her, just saying that since none of these comments were actually stated in depositions, they offer just a snapshot in time.

Also my sense reading the Giannetti depo is that Sony is more than a little defensive about the fact that they were aware of the many complaints on this set (Giannetti calls the production a "shitshow") but at no point felt they needed to bring in HR or legal or even raise the issue of whether there might be potential SH liability here. I think this reflects generally bad practice in Hollywood around these issues, actually, and is not specific to Sony or even this production. The idea that you'd have a production where the lead actress and another actress playing a major character are lodging multiple complaints about the behavior of not only the director (who is also the co-star and producer) but also one of the producers on the set, plus another producer also raising concerns is kind of surprising to me as someone who works in another industry and has dealt with similar issues. Especially when I consider this was 2023/2024, so post-MeToo, so I would have expected people to be a bit more careful and self aware, if only to avoid getting sued. I thought Slate's commenting to Justin about how people don't make those kinds of comments anymore were really on point and I think it's weird he didn't seem to get that. What a bubble they must live in.[/quote]

Agree Sony looks terrible here. It just looks like they were playing both sides. It also seems like a lot of pressure for the sex scenes came from that which is what Blake seemed to have the most problem with so not sure why she’s blaming Justin but then when she comes and says she’s uncomfortable on that they’re like oh well no process for that. Good luck!

The emails looked damning for Blake in terms of other Hollywood execs looking at this. It looks like she doesn’t listen or take direction and botched the marketing of the film. These are arguably, three of the most powerful people at Sony calling her a dumb-a—.There’s a reason why Blake has not worked since this movie and we’re going on two years….I guess she wants us to think Justin Baldoni is so powerful that he took her down, but I’m pretty sure she did it to herself.[/quote]

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