Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively blew It Ends…
More accusations are popping out in Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s “It Ends With Us” legal conflict.
In explosive legal paperwork positioned on Baldoni’s new web site and filed in courtroom, the film’s director (Baldoni), 41, claims its main girl (Lively), 37, “often” refused to go to fittings and demanded her character Lily Bloom’s outfits be “re-shopped,” thus leading to an alleged inflated finances by $430,000.
According to Baldoni’s amended criticism from his $400 million go well with, Lively reportedly demanded the “costume department pack up wardrobe and deliver it to her personal residence” in Manhattan as an alternative of touring to the manufacturing workplace — roughly quarter-hour from her home — leading to extra bills.
Blake Lively as Lily Bloom in “It Ends With Us.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on the set of “It Ends with Us” on January 12, 2024, in Jersey City. GC Images
“Loading the wardrobe department on trucks and delivering the contents to Lively’s home in the middle of congested Manhattan for fittings cost time and money—always in short supply on any major film,” the courtroom docs learn.
“Requests of this nature are typically made during contract negotiations; since Lively made no such request at the time, this added expense was not included in the budget. Lively, who had a greater obligation to the studios as an executive producer, paid no heed to budget constraints, let alone to the months of planning that had already been completed.”
The “It Ends With Us” line producer allegedly flagged the reported spending points surrounding Lively’s wardrobe in a message dated April 25, 2023.
Blake Lively in “It Ends With Us.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively filming. GC Images
Blake Lively as flower store proprietor Lily Bloom. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
“Wardrobe’s budget for spending is $185k,” the message allegedly learn.
The line producer defined that this was not regular, even for big-budget movies, particularly as a result of the wardrobe workforce had but to buy the film’s different characters.
“Normally wardrobe overspends and then does tons of returns and ends up in budget. Our Wardrobe team told me they’d spend about $500k and then land back at $185k once returns are done,” the message continued.
“To date they’ve already spent $615K and they need their cashet cards all replenished because they’ve only shopped for Justin and Blake.”
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Blake Lively.
Lively was accused of “ignoring the director’s vision for her character and disposing of the weeks of effort and creativity spent by the wardrobe team on shopping and carefully crafting her wardrobe,” per Baldoni’s legal paperwork.
The line producer continued to stipulate their concern, claiming that their workforce “had to reshop everything for Blake after creative changes” and “it’s a lot of money.”
“I trust them of course but want to keep you all posted as this is way more than I’ve ever seen wardrobe go over budget with the initial spend,” the road producer allegedly wrote. “At this point we have to replenish their cards because they haven’t shopped for the other characters. Just keeping you all posted.”
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni filming a scene for “It Ends With Us.” GC Images
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni filming the rooftop scene for “It Ends With Us.” AP
The alleged paper path additionally contains “hundreds of images” that the actress allegedly despatched to the movie’s costume designer “depicting the style of wardrobe she wanted for her character.”
In one occasion, Lively allegedly “insisted that her character ‘had money’ and could afford $5,000 shoes—despite being a fledgling small business owner.”
The courtroom paperwork additionally allege that Sony grew to become concerned within the wardrobe dialog after paparazzi pictures made the rounds exhibiting Lively filming on May 15, 2023, in her new clothes, nothing the photographs have been “widely reported as unflattering.”
Director Justin Baldoni behind the scenes. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
The lawsuit claims, “Baldoni received direct criticism from Sony, who voiced serious concerns about the impact of the photos on the Film’s public reception,” including he allegedly mentioned “necessary wardrobe adjustments” with Lively and her workforce in her trailer.
During the alleged chat, the paperwork observe that Baldoni’s objective was to reassert his function as director and “get her on board with him having approval over her character’s wardrobe.”
However, he claims Lively “grossly misrepresented” their dialog in her criticism.
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
The Post has reached out to Lively’s lawyer for remark.
Lively filed a lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni in December, accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a public smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.
He denied the allegations and filed an explosive $400 million lawsuit in opposition to the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for alleged defamation, civil extortion, false gentle invasion of privateness and more.
They, too, denied the claims.
Lively and Baldoni’s trial has been scheduled for March 2026.
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