The actors started to call the movie "The Abuse" while filming it. James Cameron almost died himself on another occasion. He lost his air while submerged and the guy supposed to check on him didn't do his job correctly.

There's a great documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k43KHV1fDU

If I were an actor in danger and the camera man stopped filming I would be rather annoyed unless the rescue effort was assisted by stopping filming.

Do you really think you can put yourself in the headspace if an actor who narrowly escaped death from drowning?

I didn't say that he should have reacted that way, I was merely saying that I feel that I would react that way.

I would not have wanted my suffering and fear to have been wasted.

The movie industry has a long history of callously risking its own workers lives. It’s gotten somewhat better than in the 1930s, but clearly there is more work to do.

Cameron is well known as an absolute piece of shit. He brags about it, and loves his reputation.