Actress Blake Lively, who is in the middle of a long, drawn out legal battle with actor Justin Baldoni over allegations of sexual harassment during the filming of their movie “It Ends With Us”, has admitted that she did engage with perhaps inappropriate behavior with a fellow co-star.
But this has nothing to do with her back-and-forth with Baldoni.
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Lively admits it was her idea to touch her co-star Henry Golding’s private parts while filming a scene together for “A Simple Favor.”
In resurfaced commentary about the movie after it wrapped, the 37-year-old actress discussed the scene with director Paul Feig and co-star Anna Kendrick, per a video shared on TikTok and X.
“This is one of my favorite additions that you came up with,” Feig, 62, tells Lively, showing approval for the improvisation — despite it not originally being part of the script.
Lively responds, “That’s always awkward when you’re, like, ‘Hey, hi, nice to meet you. Can I grab your nuts really hard? It’s not ’cause I want to, ’cause I feel like she [my character] would.”
According to Page Six, Feig then says he asked Lively to do it “harder,” which Lively details that she obliged as an homage to “Baby Jane Hudson,” a 1962 film character played by Bette Davis, who transforms a spoiled child star to a faded actress who descends into alcoholism and madness.
However, he filmed again with Lively, Feig and Kendrick for “Another Simple Favor,” released last month. When asked at the SXSW premiere of the sequel how it was “reuniting with the ladies,” Golding, 38, responded, “I mean, it’s the best. Paul Feig, the ladies. What could go wrong?”
It’s unclear whether an intimacy coordinator was on the set of “A Simple Favor.” However, it’s reported told the scene was planned in advance, and there was a discussion about the “creative suggestion” before it was executed.
The filmmaker then laughs off how the “Gossip Girl” alum grabbed Golding’s “nuts” and adds, “Anyway, you really went for it, too.”
Amid her ongoing legal battle with her “It Ends With Us” co-star Baldoni, Lively has been very outspoken that she is very much in favor of an intimacy coordinator being present while filmmaking.