he would have been SO PLEASED to work with her again, precisely because he knew how she operated and on such a daunting project, just in terms of him being so excited to work with gdt, it would have been helpful to have her calming presence in his corner. and he definitely would've wanted to stay friendly after!
oh, absolutely yes! gus is in a really weird position where it might become hypocritical to speak on that subject but not the johnny depp debacle - and honestly, it's been tearing him up that he's essentially muzzled by warner brothers when it comes to addressing how bogus it is a garbage human is given such a big role. it's definitely something gus would have talked to her privately about. looking up to her, i can see him going to her like, "hey, what do?"