Former “Batwoman” star Ruby Rose aired out several allegations of wrongdoing on the set of the CW show, which they say led to their departure in May 2020.
In a series of posts on Instagram on Wednesday, Rose claims they were forced to continue work on the DC series shortly after suffering a neck injury on set. After posting pictures and video in the hospital, Rose wrote:
“To everyone who said I was too stiff on bawoman [sic], 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 [sic] be the one who cost so many people their jobs.”
According to Rose, multiple crew members were injured on the set of Batwoman’s first season. They allege that one crew member sustained “third-degree burns over his whole body,” a production assistant suffered a spinal injury, two stunt doubles were lost, and that Rose themself was “cut in the face so close to my eye in a stunt that I could have been blind[ed].” Rose further claims a GoFundMe was set up to cover expenses for the production assistant seriously injured in an on-set accident. They allege that this incident could’ve been avoided had Dries opted to shut down production at the onset of COVID-19.
In the post, Rose also describes the personal frustrations that eventually pushed her away from returning to the show, including an insistence by producers to personally explain to fans why she wouldn’t be at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con (due to what she claims was simply an over-demanding work schedule). There were also frustrations with onset behavior by costar Dougray Scott, who eventually left the series after season 2.
“I never raised my voice on set, never have,” writes Rose. “Dougray hurt a female stunt double he yelled like a little bitch at women and was a nightmare. He left when he wanted and arrived when he wanted he abused women and in turn as a lead of a show i sent an email out asking for a no yelling policy, they declined.”
Following Rose’s Batwoman exit, the show cast Javicia Leslie as the character’s new off-duty persona, Ryan Wilder, for season two, which is currently airing on the CW.
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