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Brett Douglas McDowell

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Brett Douglas McDowell

@brettdmcdowell

Actor • Dir • Writer • Musician • Et cetera fighting for Hollywood’s soul ∞ᐅᑖᒋᒧᐤ | Red River Métis 🍁☘️ | Exec @StudioIshiwata Music as KIHKAWAĶIS 聞くはキス

Western Canada

Joined January 2017

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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Jun 6
A haunted veteran. A school for gifted kids. Two redheads named Jean. A mixed-Indigenous protector. And then Wolverine joins the X-Men four years later. #Métis #Metis #MetisNation #MetisHistory #RoadAllowance #RedRiverMetis #Wolverine #IndigenousWolverine #Marvel #MarvelComics
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Sep 9, 2023
Replying to @iamthecrg and @gothspiderbitch
The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that this case serves as a serious reminder of the critical role intimacy coordinators play on set.
When Clothes Fly Off, This Intimacy Coordinator Steps In (Published 2023)
From nytimes.com
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Jun 13, 2025
I have filed a Motion for Recusal of Judge Lewis J. Liman in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-10049 (SDNY), with the Clerk of Court and served all parties. This motion addresses concerns about judicial impartiality, including industry entanglements,
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Nov 13, 2023
Replying to @Variety
Preemptively discrediting others' views is not acting in a goodway.
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Jun 14, 2025
Just filed an addendum to my recusal motion in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios (SDNY) after confirming that 3 Arts Entertainment was acquired by Lionsgate—the same company Judge Liman holds shares in, per his 2021 financial disclosure. Images attached.
Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Jun 13, 2025
I have filed a Motion for Recusal of Judge Lewis J. Liman in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-10049 (SDNY), with the Clerk of Court and served all parties. This motion addresses concerns about judicial impartiality, including industry entanglements,
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Sep 14, 2025
Replying to @zackdfilms1
It wouldn’t be hard to work that out. It’s just geometric transposition for cryptography, and an analyst with a clay tablet could probably reconstruct it in 20 minutes.
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
May 11, 2025
Replying to @THR
Sobriety is not absolution.
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
May 26, 2024
Replying to @Variety
They buried the Lede: “The classic Disney films didn’t start out trying to have a message. They wanted you to get involved in the characters and the story and the world, and I think that’s still the heart of it,” Musker added. “You don’t have to exclude agendas, but you have
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Sep 4, 2025
Replying to @DiscussingFilm
Scream’ meets ‘Black Swan’... sounds like Perfect Blue.
GIF
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Sep 9, 2023
Replying to @brettdmcdowell @iamthecrg and @gothspiderbitch
Actually, I think a better term might be a consent coordinator and they should probably be policing relationships on set. @IDCProfessiona1
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Jan 23, 2025
Replying to @THR
I'm sorry, but this doesn't pass the smell test for me. She's worked with Drake (WME), and is involved with the Geffen Theater (founded by David Geffen, who started in the WME mailroom). These overlapping connections raise legitimate questions about neutrality and influence,
hollywoodreporter.com
WME Insists Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Didn’t Pressure Agency to Drop Justin Baldoni
Baldoni's lawsuit against The New York Times, filed Tuesday, claims that Reynolds pressured the 'It Ends With Us' co-star and director's former agent at the 'Deadpool & Wolverine' premiere.
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Sep 8, 2025
🪶As I’ve said in the past, I filed multiple complaints about Ryan Reynolds, Maximum Effort, and related retaliation years ago with the BC Human Rights Tribunal. They remained unresolved, while I alleged my career was derailed and retaliatory portrayals multiplied. It was only
Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Sep 3, 2025
🔥 This is not just my case. My BC Human Rights Tribunal filing (CS-007840) alleges that UBCP/ACTRA and Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort operated with conflict of interest and retaliation, alleges erasure of Indigenous voices to protect power. To me, Reynolds has become a Canadian
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Aug 2, 2025
They only apologized years later for getting married on a slave plantation. Tells you everything.
JusticeforBJS
@Justice4BJS
Aug 2, 2025
Blake went after Gawker Media for an article called “Blake Livelys Fall Fashion is Slave Owners” in 2014. Can’t sue for hurt feelings, @VancityReynolds ?
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Brett Douglas McDowell
@brettdmcdowell
Oct 26, 2023
Replying to @BuffySteMarie
So you were raised by someone who claimed Indigenous heritage, likely from the 1600s, and you hadn't been around Indigenous people until you started performing. You began identifying as Indigenous in college based on that family story and started to build your career based on
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