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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should he have apologized for things he didn't do? That would have been used against him. I think denying / no response was fine. Leaving would be better but perhaps they were blocked or forced to stay[/quote]

PP here. I definitely don't think he should have apologized for anything he didn't do. That was Heath's phrasing, not mine. Heath said that he thought Baldoni should have apologized, or that that was the correct way to deal with the issue, and that Baldoni couldn't do that so Heath did. I also thought that was weird.

There's no indication that they were prevented from leaving. I think the concern was that shooting was supposed to resume the next day and that if they couldn't come to some agreement on the 4th, Lively would not return to set on the 5th. That's an expensive problem. However, knowing that this meeting was first raised in early November, it then becomes a question as to why it wasn't scheduled earlier, and why Wayfarer/Sony had not been working with Lively all along to make sure she was good to rejoin production on the 5th. That they apparently showed up to this meeting not even understanding it was going to be about Lively's concerns about behavior on set, even though the document her lawyers had sent two months prior literally says that she wants such a meeting, makes no sense.

I hope not all movies are run this way and that this is an extreme outlier due to Wayfarer being a tiny and disorganized studio, Lively being more demanding or difficult than typical, and the weird set up with Sony where they were trying to avoid getting involved even though multiple parties were begging them to. If this is normal, why does anyone want to make movies? Sounds like hell on earth. I would quit my job yesterday if this is how my workplace was run. I'd go get some $15/hr retail job before I dealt with this level of incompetence. Just a hard no.[/quote]

One thing you missed between November 23 and January 5 is that they got permission after the strike to continue shooting. Blake refused to come on so they had to pivot and she other scenes so you’re sort of acting like they were sitting around with a lot of time on their hands really they were probably doing a lot to move direction to accommodate Blake not coming in. Believe she went to Europe with Ryan during that time. Sorry she’s a really a hole.

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The Protections document went to everyone on November 9th, not the 23rd. And if they were motivated to get Blake back on set, why not... go through the document her lawyer sent about why she wasn't yet returning to set and have a meeting to address it and then move on with your lives? Why was Blake reaching out to Baldoni to set up this meeting? Why wasn't Wayfarer and Sony setting up a formal meeting (in which case they could have hosted it elsewhere, like at Sony's New York offices) to sort through it? Or better yet, have the lawyers hammer out the details and then once you basically have an agreement in place, bring everyone in to shake hands and agree to it so that shooting could restart on a positive note. Ange and Todd should have been talking to both sides and saying stuff like "I know Blake wants to make this work -- she's very passionate about the movie" and "Of course Justin wants Blake to feel comfortable on set." The emails and texts between executives/producers show a bunch of petty, emotional, back stabby people around and above Lively and Baldoni, who were of course both acting childish as well.

There were simply no adults in the room. What an embarrassment. [/quote]

Agree with you but hindsight is 2020 and I do think Justin and Jamie had no idea how bad it was going to get. The strike ended and Blake said she wasn’t coming back till after the holidays so they pivoted to shoot other scenes. It seems like the texts between Justin and Blake at that point were still cordial so I think he was really  blindsided by this list and had no idea what was coming. It’s easy to look back now and say they should’ve done something differently during this time but I really don’t think they were seeing the big picture.

Sony knew more of the story and you’re right they should’ve acted rather sooner and more decisively rather than just watch this fire get bigger and bigger.

I’m sure they regret that now because they look utterly incompetent. [/quote]

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