Why Blake Lively Is Ending Her Feud With Anna Kendrick

Blake Lively couldn’t catch her breath this summer when her feud with End With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni took on a life of its own. She was accused of taking over the project, along with her husband Ryan Reynolds, and this caused the cast to take sides in the public debate.

Now that Lively will do the promotion A simple favor 2 with Anna Kendrick in 2025, she’s ready to show a softer side of her personality. “Blake has now had the biggest direct hit of his career End With Us but she’s not going to let herself be permanently painted as the villain of every project she does in the future,” a source said. Life and style. “He’s actually fighting back hard and making sure his true allies know how much they’re valued.”

If you didn’t already know, Lively’s “bad girl” reputation has been whispered about before. She and Kendrick did not get along on the set of the franchise’s first film in 2018. TikTok account Celebrity Memoir Bookclub spoke to a studio insider who worked on the film and spilled a some tea seriously

“They hated each other,” comedian Claire Parker said in the video, via Daily Mail. “The studio even had to talk them into making it look like they liked each other on the press tours because it was starting to become obvious. Anna in particular was very competitive with Blake and was constantly asking who made sure she got more promotion than Blake and even PHOTOSHOPped HER SCOUT for us in the Simple Favor Make the poster as big (or bigger) than Blake’s.”

The Life and style The source noted that Lively and Kendrick “managed to put their personality differences aside” when they filmed earlier this year. Kendrick described the reunion as “lovely.” people on October 11, but was pretty vague about their friendship. “She lives on the East Coast, I live on the West Coast, so we don’t see each other very often,” Kendrick explained. “But it was lovely, and I think these characters have such a weird chemistry that it’s so fun to get the gang back together. And it feels kind of like riding a bike.”

Let’s see how Kendrick and Lively are handling their press tour ahead of the film’s release. Will he be jealous or friendly?

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