What Happened to Amanda Smith on 'Batwoman'? Is It True the Set Is Unsafe?
By Stephanie HarperOct. 20 2021, Published 6:23 p.m. ET
Now that Ruby Rose has come forward to discuss the toxic work environment they handled while filming the CW's Batwoman, people are reflecting back on the horrible incident that took place again in 2020 with a production assistant named Amanda Smith. Here’s what you will have to know about the anxious situation and what Ruby Rose has to say.
What happened to Amanda Smith on the set of 'Batwoman'?
It was once any other common day in Vancouver filming an episode of Batwoman for Amanda Smith until tragedy struck. According to the GoFundMe web page created for her via Deadline, “The bucket of a boost diminished onto her head.” Amanda's body was once physically became clear of the gadget on the time, and due to the sound of site visitors coming from above, she couldn’t pay attention the lift machine in any way.
According to her colleague Tyler Mazzucco, “She was actually simply sitting there and it got here down on most sensible of her.” After this horrific incident happened, the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia launched a direct investigation to figure out exactly what went wrong.
A representative for Warner Bros. Television launched a remark pronouncing, “A valued member of the Batwoman manufacturing group was not too long ago injured throughout the preparation of a filming location in Vancouver. Our ideas are with her for a fast restoration. We are operating closely with WorkSafeBC to supply any and all requested knowledge. We continue to work to protect the well being and safety of all our crews, casts, and staff."
Unfortunately, their hopes for a speedy recovery didn’t pan out, and it was announced that Amanda was paralyzed from the waist down because of the incident.
What did Ruby Rose say about the working conditions on 'Batwoman'?
The unfortunate incident for Amanda Smith is absolutely heartbreaking, and it makes us wonder if anything else inappropriate happened on the set of Batwoman. In a series of highly detailed Instagram stories, Ruby Rose spoke up about some of the toxic treatment they received while playing the titular role. They made the claim that Batwoman’s showrunners and executive producers guilt-tripped them into quickly coming back to work nearly 10 days after undergoing major surgery.
The surgery they endured corrected two herniated discs that were coming close to severing their spinal cord. They definitely needed to be able to take more time off from filming than just 10 short days. They alluded to the notion that there was more than one instance of unsafe filming practices, including both WB chairman Peter Roth and former costar Dougray Scott harassing and abusing women on set and showrunner Caroline Dries demanding to finish filming Season 1 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What have ‘Batwoman’ employees said?
In response to Ruby's statements, Dougray told TV Line, “I absolutely and completely refused the defamatory and damaging claims made against me by [Ruby Rose]. They are entirely made up and never happened.”
Warner Bros. TV also issued a statement that corroborated Ruby's claims that they were fired rather than quit, but the company is saying that they were fired due to their own misconduct.
"Despite the revisionist history that Ruby Rose is now sharing on-line aimed on the manufacturers, the solid and team, the community, and the Studio, actually that Warner Bros. Television had decided now not to exercise its option to interact Ruby for Season 2 of Batwoman primarily based on a couple of court cases about workplace habits that had been broadly reviewed and treated privately out of appreciate for all concerned," the commentary reads, by the use of Deadline.
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