Ruby Rose alleged Wednesday that the Batwoman set was a dangerous work environment that left multiple people with serious injuries.
Rose, who starred as Kate Kane/Batwoman on the CW Television Network series, said she would tell the “whole story” of her departure, claiming she was forced to return to work just 10 days after undergoing spinal surgery for an injury sustained while doing a stunt on set.
“Enough is enough,” Rose posted on her Instagram story, tagging the showrunner and production company executives. “I’m going to tell the whole world what happened on that set. I will come for you so what happened to me never happens to another person again. And so I can finally take back my life and the truth. Shame on you.”
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Warner Bros. Television head Peter Roth said he wouldn’t recast her role and that if she didn’t return to filming, everyone would lose their jobs, according to Rose’s allegations. She also accused him of making women steam his pants while he was wearing them and hiring private investigators to follow her.
“To everyone who said I was too stiff on batwoman, imagine going back to work 10 days after this … 10 DAYS!!!!!! (or the whole crew and cast would be fired and I’d let everyone down because Peter Roth said he wouldn’t recast and i just lost the studio millions (by getting injured on his set) that is be the one who cost so many people their jobs,” she wrote.
In addition to her own injury, Rose said there were multiple crew members who were permanently injured, claiming a crew member who got third-degree burns over his whole body wasn’t offered therapy after “witnessing his skin fall off his face.” They also “lost two stunt doubles,” and a production assistant was left paralyzed from an accident the executives “tried to blame on her being on her phone.”
Rose said showrunner Caroline Dries “has no heart and wanted us to finish the season throughout the pandemic,” only shutting down production because of government mandates. She also said co-star Dougray Scott “hurt a female stunt double” and would yell at the crew.
“So in closing, please to my dear, dear fans stop asking if I will return to that awful show, I wouldn’t return for any amount of money nor if a gun were to my head,” Rose said.
The CW Television Network disputed Rose’s version of events, saying that the network chose to let her go based on allegations against her.
“Despite the revisionist history that Ruby Rose is now sharing online aimed at the producers, the cast and crew, the network, and the Studio, the truth is that Warner Bros. Television had decided not to exercise its option to engage Ruby for season two of BATWOMAN based on multiple complaints about workplace behavior that were extensively reviewed and handled privately out of respect for all concerned,” the CW said in a statement.
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Batwoman, which follows Kane, the cousin of vigilante Bruce Wayne, has aired on the CW since 2019.
