Dave: It's certainly hard to work through the chain of causes and effects to figure out who's culpable in many child star cases, but with the money at stake, I think it's important that studios and/or individual film-makers are good stewards and take extra precaution when working with kids. They need off-time with play, time to be with their friends and families, and I think at least one person around that understands child development. Like I was saying in another post, Eve, the cow, in First Cow, had her people, her handlers, and I think the same should be true for children. I also openly question the issue of freedom of the press vs. freedom of privacy, especially for people engaged in entertainment. The decisions a celebrity makes to go shopping or make an appearance at a sporting event have no appreciable impact on our lives. Especially when children are concerned, there should be a time for press availability, and then they should have to CINECAST! off. I image all that spotlight can be damaging on their development. Plus, the idea that people can just follow you around with cameras (save that I guess we all have cameras now) is ridiculous to me, unless you're a high-ranking public official.
jdc - Just looked up that documentary, even just the Wikipedia page makes shooting Apocalypse Now sound like a horror show.
That restaurant practice seems quite cruel, especially with our growing knowledge base on octopus. However, eating them without even chopping them and having the actor do it four times is unimaginably cruel to the octopi and indeed to the actor as well. Difference is that the actor has agency and can give his consent, which he did.