That something wasn't right on the set of It Ends With Us it had been obvious for some time. Already during the promotion of the film, rumors of alleged disagreements between the protagonists were circulating Blake Lively e Justin Baldonialso director of the film based on the bestseller by Colleen Hoover. In fact, the two refused to publicize the work together, participating in all interviews and conferences separately.
Now, it seems that the issues are coming home to roost. It's breaking news that Lively has formalized it a complaint against Baldoni for sexual harassmentclaiming that his inappropriate behavior on set and his «defamation campaign against him» have caused you and your family great distress and upset.
In the complaint, filed with the California Department of Civil Rights, it is reported that Baldoni had improvised kissing or sexual intercourse scenes outside of what was agreed upon in the script, as well as having discussed with her extensively the details of his sex life, which Lively did not wish to hear. The accusations also concern producer James Heath: according to the actress's version, the two entered her trailer several times while she was changing and was without clothes. They also allegedly spoke to her, without her consent, about sexual relations they had with other women and about their addiction to pornography. Finally, they would implement a «manipulation campaign» on the media and social networks, for the purpose of «destroy his reputation»if she had spoken publicly about their inappropriate behavior during filming.
The director's legal team It Ends With Us he firmly denied the actress's accusations, branding them as “completely false, scandalous and intentionally malicious, with the intent to cause public harm”. According to Baldoni's version, Wayfarer Studios would have been forced to hire a crisis manager due to the absurd demands of Blake Lively, who repeatedly threatened not to show up on set or to refuse to promote the film if her wishes were not promptly fulfilled. Instead, according to Baldoni, it was she who spread the news defamatory rumors against himand the complaint for sexual harassment would therefore be «a desperate attempt to save his reputation, damaged by his own behavior during interviews for the film […]which allowed the web to form its own idea of her”.
It Ends With Us was a success for Sony Pictures Entertainment, grossing over $350 million at the worldwide box office. Given the positive result, there had already been talk of a possible sequel inspired by the second novel of the saga written by Hoover. However, as an anonymous source revealed to Variety, this possibility already seems to have definitively passed because “It's completely impossible for those two to work together again”.
Fonte: Variety
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