Summary
The rumored feud between Blake Lively and director/costar Justin Baldoni during the making ofIt Ends With Usis the subject of a new report that reveals new details about the pair’s dynamic. Serving as an adaptation of the novel by Colleen Hoover,It Ends With Usfollows Lively’s Lily as she begins a turbulent relationship with a neurosurgeon (Baldoni) after overcoming trauma from her childhood. While theIt Ends With Usreviewshave been somewhat mixed, the film has become a major object of social media fascination due to a rumored feud between Lively and Baldoni.
A new report fromTHRsuggests that a creative rift formed between Lively and Baldoni during theIt Ends With Uspost-production process. According to the report, Lively exerted her power as a producer on the project to oversee her own cut of the film, for which she enlisted the help ofDeadpool & Wolverineeditor Shane Reid. It’s not known, however, if any of this cut made it into the final movie. The report also notes that other sources close to the production have downplayed the feud rumors, stating that all parties were in agreement on the final cut.
It Ends With Uswas already controversialbefore the feud rumors began due to claims that Hoover’s story romanticizes domestic violence.
It Ends With Us' Feud Rumors Explained
What Sparked The Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni Claims
The idea of a feud between Lively and Baldoni essentially emerged due to some social media sleuthing. Baldoni, for starters, wasn’t present for many ofIt Ends With Us' joint press events. Also unusual is the fact that there were no group cast photos taken at the movie’s New York City premiere. Internet sleuths also discovered that Lively doesn’t follow Baldoni on Instagram, despite the fact that she follows several of her otherIt Ends With Uscastmembers.
It Ends With Us Ending Explained
The compelling ending of It Ends With Us sends an important and hopeful message about surviving abuse and breaking the cycle of violence.
These factors alone got the ball rolling on the Lively/ Baldoni feud rumors, and speculation then quickly emerged that Lively brought husband Ryan Reynolds on board to help creatively steer the film. Lively added further fuel to this speculation when she revealed at theIt Ends With Uspremiere that Reynolds did actually write portions of dialogue for a key rooftop scene. As theTHRreport states, however, it’s unlikely Reynolds would have had much time to do more than this as he was busy working onDeadpool & Wolverineat the time.
It Ends With Us
Cast
Based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, It Ends With Us is a drama-romance film directed by Justin Baldoni. The film follows a recent college graduate named Lily, who meets a man named Ryle and falls in love with him. However, a traumatic incident compounded with her former high-school sweetheart re-entering her life complicates her plans.
