Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Ent.Justin Baldoni he suspects his own It ends with us the costar Blake Lively of no work when it comes to acting in book and film adaptations.
Baldoni, 40, and his production company Wayfarer Studios filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, and her husband. Ryan Reynoldsand Lively’s publicist, Leslie SloaneThursday, January 16. In addition to accusing the group of trying to make him a “real life villain [Lively’s] story” during production and promotion It ends with usBaldoni accused Lively of not reading the best-selling 2016 novel of the same name by Colleen Hooverthe movie it’s based on.
“Not only did Lively’s powerful performance cost many people their careers, but all the while, her wrong-headed creative decisions reflected her lack of basic understanding of the book the film was based on,” Baldoni’s filing, found by Us Weeklyreadable. “This did not surprise his worried colleagues, given that, even when it was produced, Lively had not even read the book.”
A footnote in the documents says Lively says she read the book, but cites a text exchange between Baldoni and the producer. James Heath as evidence he did not. “While I understand Blake’s reasons for not wanting to read the book, the book does a great job of getting into Lily’s mind as she interacts with Ryle and sets up the WHY behind her attraction, ultimately helping us understand why she strayed. finally,” reads a screenshot from Baldoni to Heath.
Update 1/16/25 at 12:43 pm ET: Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios has filed a $400 million lawsuit against It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively and her publicist, Leslie Sloane, Thursday, January 16. In a 179-page filing obtained by Us Weekly, Baldoni said Lively was “willing” to make him “a real life villain in his story.” […]
It ends with us Lively stars as Lily Bloom, the woman who loves Baldoni’s character, Ryle Kincaid. As their relationship begins to sour, Lily reconnects with her first love, Atlas Corrigan, played by. Brandon Sklenar.
Baldoni’s lawsuit goes on to say that Lively’s alleged lack of knowledge of the source material caused problems during the film’s production. “At one point, Lively insisted that her character ‘has money’ and could afford $5,000 shoes – despite being a small business owner,” the documents state. “This forced Baldoni to rethink the entire script that had been in the works for over a year and was approved by both Sony and Wayfarer. [Studios]. … The wardrobe budget is down.”
In another footnote, the lawsuit states that “Lively herself has expressed insecurities about the public perception of her casting as Lily Bloom,” as she is 10 years older than the Lily described in the book. “Lively requested that author Colleen Hoover explain in her public announcement that they decided to ‘age down’ the book’s characters for the Movie,” it read. “Hoover did not make a statement as Lively requested. Lively was not happy.”
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman he told Us in a statement on Thursday: “This case is a legal action based on a large amount of undisputed evidence implicating Blake Lively and her group’s fraudulent efforts to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their companies by distributing organized, unsubstantiated, new and doctored material.” media information.”
Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit against the New York Times has shed further light on the apparent creative differences between him and It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively. Baldoni, 40, is suing The Times for $250 million, alleging invasion of privacy and invasion of privacy over the newspaper’s reporting on Lively who accused him of sex. […]
He continued: “It is clear based on our willingness to provide all the complete messages, emails, videos and other written evidence shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle he cannot and will win. I’m really sorry. Blake Lively may have been severely misled by her team or deliberately misrepresented the truth. Mrs. Lively will no longer be allowed to continue to exploit real victims of real abuse to gain her own dignity at the expense of the powerless. Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team tried to damage their reputation and livelihood for extremely selfish reasons with their dangerous media manipulation before taking any real legal action. We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, the documents don’t lie.”
Media contacted by Lively also told Us in a statement: “It is sad that we are forced to answer this ongoing case of selfishness filled with recorded and proven lies during the tragedy that happened in California where we live. “Five months ago, Ms. Lively chose to promote a film about domestic violence in a way that created tension at the time because of her highly publicized actions,” the statement continued. “Instead of accepting responsibility, he decided to accuse us of cruelty. This brutal attack on private individuals by Mrs. Lively and her team where they chose to eat spoons The New York Times with doctored, out of context and edited text messages in an attempt to paint himself as a victim he started a series of events that became immeasurably dangerous. To be clear, Ms. Lively and her team started this media smear campaign with the sole purpose of gaining undeserved public sympathy for her mistakes. In the past month we have received death threats, heinous abuse and vile anti-Semitic slurs hurled at us because of his decision to use us as scapegoats to promote his multi-million dollar movie. With this filing, we are raising our curtain on what happens when those in power use power, fear and money to destroy, intimidate and oppress those who disturb them.”
Us has reached out to reps for Lively and Sloane for comment.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s split reportedly made headlines a few months before It Ends With Us filed charges. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors began to circulate of alleged conflict between the two. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her expenses while Baldoni, who said […]
Baldoni’s lawsuit comes less than a month after Lively filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the actor, accusing him of inappropriate behavior on the show. It ends with us he set up and launched a campaign to anoint him evil.
Baldoni has denied the allegations in the $250 million lawsuit he is contesting The New York Timeswhich first reported Lively’s case, later that month. He accused the release of libel and cherry-picking, as well as accusing Lively of trying to gain control of the film. Both the outlet and Lively have denied the claims.
“I hope that my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these retaliatory tactics that harm people who speak out and help protect others who may be targeted,” said Lively. Us in the December 2024 statement.