What’s really going on between Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and Justin Baldoni? source: getty images
Blake Lively is busy promoting her latest film It Ends With Us. However, according to the Web, several clues would show that the 36-year-old actress would be on bad terms with her co-star, actor Justin Baldoni. Fact or fiction? We decipher all this.
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Blake Lively is definitely one lucky girl. The iconic 36-year-old blonde (soon to be 37 on August 25) is on the rise: proof by 3:
– She is married to the hilarious and uncontrollable Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds in real life), and the power couple regularly delights viewers in interviews. A small example by ici.
– She has just launched her hair care range, Blake Brown Beauty (Riri and Beyoncé had better watch out!), and is revealing all the secrets of Serena van der Woodsen’s luscious mane, the it girl that she played in the series Gossip Girl.
– But above all…she is in the middle of promoting a new film. And not just any film: Jamais Plus – It Ends With Us. Blake plays one of the main protagonists.
However, according to web experts (them again), there is something fishy going on between Blake and her co-star, Justin Baldoni, with whom she shares the bill. Here’s a quick recap.
What is this movie?
It Ends With Us is a film released in August. It is Sony Pictures’ film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling romance novel. The book first caught on with the hashtag #booktokbefore winning the hearts of the masses. This bestseller translated into more than 20 languages tells a love story against a backdrop of domestic violence, “which has made millions of readers around the world cry,” summarizes Vogue France.
To give you a slingshot pitch, the story revolves around Lily Bloom, a florist who travels to Boston to pursue her dream of opening her own shop. The young woman meets a charming and ambitious neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid, with whom she begins a romance.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, an effective duo on screen. image: sony pictures
The relationship is initially idyllic. But, little by little, Lily discovers Ryle’s true face. The young woman is brought back to her childhood traumas, marked by a father who was violent towards her mother. The narration depicts a controlling relationship, from which the heroine struggles to escape in order to break the cycle of violence. It is then that Lily’s first love, Atlas, resurfaces, reshuffling the cards of the relationship.
The issues of toxic relationships and domestic violence are at the heart of the story.
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What’s the problem?
The big screen adaptation of It Ends With Us has it all, as the film boasts a stellar cast. Justin Baldoni plays Ryle Kincaid. The actor is also an executive producer through his production company Wayfarer. Blake Lively plays a convincing Lily Bloom, and she is also part of the production team.
In short, both co-stars are everywhere at once, in front of and behind the camera. In this case, it’s best to be on the same wavelength. However, many Internet users, relayed by several American media, suspect that the understanding between the two celebrities is not at its best. Web experts have tried to gather evidence of this “beef.”
To startBlake and Justin seem to be doing “separate promos.” They haven’t been spotted together on the red carpet at premieres. For example, on August 6, Blake made a splash in a vintage 2002 Versace gown previously worn by Britney Spears. In the much-talked-about sheath dress, she happily posed alongside Brandon Sklenar (Atlas) and Jenny Slate, who plays Lily’s on-screen best friend. She even appeared on the arm of Ryan Reynolds, who has been heavily involved in promoting the film.
However, Blake has never been photographed alongside Baldoni, who has only been “spotted” with his better half, Emily. Moreover, Baldoni almost never appears with the rest of his cast, even though he is the director, notes USA Today. It’s fishy, according to TikTok experts.
Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds on August 6, 2024, with Hugh Jackman (L) at a premiere in New York City. Getty Images North America
Emily Baldoni and Justin Baldoni pose at the New York premiere. Baldoni spoke to Access Hollywood, Today, Entertainment Tonight and Good Morning America, but Lively was not present.Getty Images North America
Secondlyaccording to several media outlets, Lively did not often mention Baldoni in interviews leading up to the film’s release. He, on the other hand, was full of praise for the actress.
During an appearance on the show Today On August 8, Baldoni said of Blake Lively:
“I don’t know if you know how smart and creative she is. I think she’s best known as an actress and of course she’s a fashion icon, but she’s so much more than that. She’s dynamic, she’s creative.”
Finallythe latest infallible proof according to Internet users: Blake and Baldoni do not follow each other on Instagram – overwhelming proof of a disagreement, especially according to the account of Josette12738.
What’s the bottom line?
But then, what is it all about? On our side, the investigation unit of watson came up short on finding solid evidence of a simmering feud, despite a one-on-one dinner with Ryan Reynolds’ valet.
You have to go to the site of the Hollywood Reporter to unfold a theory that holds water: a fracture could have occurred during the post-production process. After filming, two different versions of the film reportedly emergedThe question of the direction taken by the scenario could well have set fire to the beautiful complicity.
It must be said that Colleen Hoover’s work has been criticized many times. Some accuse her of romanticizing domestic violence. An editorial published in 2022 by an association aimed at raising awareness about These questions had even stipulated that BookTok’s favorite book “fueled” the very structures of toxic masculinity it claims to combat.
A vision that had been contradicted by many fans of the work, who assured on the contrary that the novel did not turn Ryle into a romantic hero, but rather condemned his toxic behavior.
It seems that, on the production side, Baldoni took these criticisms very much to heart.. He worked with screenwriter Christy Hall to take all that feedback into account “from the beginning” of the project. He was keen to rectify points in the script where the relationships seemed too ambiguous. To do this, he called on the expertise of the domestic violence organization No More. He also “participated in a support group for perpetrators of violence to try to better understand their psychology,” he said. Today.
This resulted in a version in which the highly controversial ending of the story was changed.
As Baldoni explained to the media Today:
“I want to support and validate everyone who has spoken out against the book, because the last thing we need is to romanticize something that is such a real experience for so many people.”
Now, there was another person who was very involved in the creative process: Blake. She even called on her husband to help with the script – Translated into “drama-loving internet users” language: the couple allegedly tried to take control of the storyline.
Lily Bloom and her flowers. image: dr
In his charge, Ryan Reynolds is still mega-involved in all his projects. And for his wife’s film, he even wrote part of the scene where the two future lovers meet for the first time, on a roof (Ryan probably rushed the thing between two cameos for Deadpool & Wolverine). Blake had also explained on this subject:
“We help each other. He works on everything I do. I work on everything he does. So his victories, his celebrations are mine and mine are his.”
The interpreter of Lily Bloom had herself confirmed to Variety that she had changed the script many times. “It was very important for me to work off camera (…) The work I did as a producer was much more demanding than anything I did playing Lily. I did everything. There was nothing I didn’t touch in this film.”
For their part, the site of the Hollywood Reporter et Forbes wonder if there was no competition between two versions of the feature film, since according to several sources, Blake ordered several cuts from editor Shane Reid, who was also working on the film. Deadpool & Wolverine.
However, the Hollywood Reporter nuances the idea of a quarrel, since it is not uncommon for a film to undergo several cuts during post-production, and for the production team to then agree on the final version.
Additionally, Baldoni assured that he sometimes stepped back and let the women on set take charge, given that the film is told from a woman’s point of view and focuses on the sensitive issue of domestic violence.
Multiple sources have reached out to representatives for Lively and Baldoni for comment on the thorny issue, but have so far been unsuccessful.
And as for our impressions of the film, we’re not going to spoil it for you. We can, however, tell you that, according to the site Rotten Tomatoescritics were hard-pressed to be convinced, with a score of 59%. Many of them pointed out “clumsy dialogues”, although they were “performed seriously” by “an effective duo”. The critic of theAssociated Press Mark Kennedy said the film failed to balance “the realities of domestic violence in a romantic comedy and a female empowerment film,” relays Forbes. On the other hand, the film won the hearts of the public, with a score of 94%.
We’ll let you make up your own mind!
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