Rumors of conflicts between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni punctuated the promotional tour for the film “It Ends With Us” last August. Tensions between the two actors seemed to have calmed down but the filing of a complaint has rekindled hostilities…
Sharing the poster of a successful film can be enough to transform a colleague relationship into a beautiful friendship. Ask George Clooney and Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet or even Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek. For others, such a common project can turn into real hell. This is what Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni would have experienced, playing a couple in the film “It Ends With Us”, released in theaters on August 14.
For several months, rumors circulated about the strained relationship between the two stars, going so far as to spark a movement of hatred against Blake Lively on social networks. This Saturday, December 21, the affair took an even more serious turn when information concerning a complaint filed by the latter was shared by “TMZ”.
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According to the American media, the actress is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment, accusing him of being at the origin of a vast defamation campaign against her. After the contents of the complaint were disclosed, Bryan Freedman (the actor's lawyer) immediately declared in the columns of “Variety” that this attack was “shameful” and “false”.
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A meeting in the presence of Ryan Reynolds
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni weren't just part of the film's cast. The first produced the feature film while the second was none other than the director. The discord that arose between the two colleagues thus took on worrying dimensions, requiring an urgent lull. Still according to information collected by “TMZ”, a meeting was organized during filming in order to find common ground and ease tensions.
This gathering, deemed imperative, was held in the presence of Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively's husband. Among the subjects discussed, a list of requests made by the actress to Justin Baldoni. Were thus mentioned: “No longer show videos or images of naked women to Blake, no longer mention Baldoni's alleged “addiction to pornography”, no longer speak of sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no longer mentioning the genitals of cast and crew, no longer asking about Blake's weight, and no longer mentioning Blake's deceased father.”
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According to the complaint recovered, another request was expressed during this impromptu meeting. Blake Lively reportedly demanded: “ the end of adding sex scenes, oral sex or orgasm on camera by BL [Blake Lively] outside the scope of the script that BL [Blake Lively] approved when signing the project. »
Tensions born on the set
The first rumors of discord arose after the preview organized in New York on August 6, in the presence of members of the cast. During the event, Blake Lively posed for a long time with the film crew while her co-star Justin Baldoni stayed behind alongside his wife. A behavior which was enough to arouse suspicion, confirmed by the absence of mutual subscriptions on the actors' social networks.
According to the “Daily Mail”, Justin Baldoni appeared particularly “macho” or even “abusive” on the set, taking no note of Blake Lively's remarks and suggestions for sensitive scenes. In post-production, tensions would not have eased, quite the contrary. According to the “Hollywood Reporter” this time, one version of the film would have been retained to the detriment of the second, thus reigniting the discord.
