Blake Lively and her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni were involved in an altercation in New Jersey last year while filming the romantic drama.
Lively, 36, and Baldoni, 40, appeared to disagree in a clip posted to the Instagram Stories account of a user named Jill Amos under the name @thefamousamos and republished on The Hoboken Girl’s account, under the name @thehobokengirl.
The clip was filmed on May 17, 2023, from a restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey, looking outside, and shows the tension in the conversation between Lively and Baldoni, TMZ reported.
In the clip, Lively moved her hands and swerved away from Baldoni, who waved his hands. It ended with Lively saying “OK” to the actor-filmmaker.
Amos captioned the Instagram Stories clip, “Received a few questions about the latest #drama and yes they had a fight lol.”
Blake Lively, 36, and her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, 40, were seen in a fight last year while filming the romantic drama in New Jersey. Lively pictured at the film’s August 8 premiere in London
Lively and Baldoni appeared to disagree in a clip posted to the Instagram Stories account of a user named Jill Amos under the handle @thefamousamos
Baldoni led an “extremely difficult” environment for cast and crew, Page Six reported, based on multiple sources, that Lively personally felt “uncomfortable” during the filming.
A source told the outlet: ‘None of the actors enjoyed working with Justin – they certainly didn’t speak to him at the premiere.’
Baldoni directed the scene but did not act in it, sources told TMZ. A source on set said he and Lively “weren’t mad at each other” and “just talked in between takes.”
Another source not involved in the film told TMZ that Lively “rarely seemed excited” while making the movie, which addresses serious topics such as domestic abuse.
Speculation about tension between the film’s director and star grew even more when Baldoni decided not to pose for photos with the entire cast at the film’s New York City premiere at AMC Lincoln Square on August 6. He posed only with his wife Emily Baldoni, 40, family members and producers at the premiere.
Insiders told Page Six that Lively and Baldoni saw the film in “two separate theaters” of the cinema.
Several insiders told the newspaper that Baldoni “would never intentionally make his cast feel unsupported.”
Baldoni and Lively’s feud could impact future projects in the franchise, as he may not direct a sequel based on Colleen Hoover’s 2022 book It Starts With Us, the sequel to the current film’s source novel, 2016’s It Ends With Us.
The clip was filmed on May 17, 2023, from inside a restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey, and shows the tension in the conversation between Lively and Baldoni
In the clip, Lively moved her hands and swerved away from Baldoni, who waved his hands. It ended with Lively saying “OK” to the actor-filmmaker
Lively and Baldoni, who also directed the film, starred in the film, which had a strong opening weekend at the box office
Baldoni was photographed at the film’s New York City premiere at AMC Lincoln Square on August 6, posing alongside his wife Emily Baldoni, 40
Baldoni, whose production company Wayfarer Studios owns the rights to the book, appeared to distance himself from directing a sequel in a red carpet interview. Entertainment tonight at the premiere.
“I think there are better people for this movie. I think Blake Lively is ready to direct, I think,” Baldoni said.
Sources told DailyMail.com on Friday that Baldoni behaved in a “chauvinistic” and “transgressive” manner while filming the movie, and that he rejected suggestions from Lively “during scenes involving abuse.”
The source added that Baldoni “did not consider Blake’s character’s perspective and instead focused exclusively on what he saw as the abusive male point of view” and that “his approach was very chauvinistic, which created a tense atmosphere on set.”
“Justin almost became a character in the sense that some of the women on set felt that he was almost insulting and that he was unprofessional and unapologetic.”
According to a logline for the film, “Lily (Lively) overcomes a traumatic childhood to start a new life, while ‘a chance meeting with a neurosurgeon creates a connection, but Lily also begins to see sides of him that remind her of her relationship with her parents.’
The film, which also stars Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar and Kevin McKidd, finished in second place at the U.S. box office last weekend with $50 million and grossed $80 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.