Blake Lively approved the final cut of “It Ends With Us” after clashing with director and co-star Justin Baldoni, Page Six is told. The actress helped shape the version movie-goers are seeing on the big screen as she felt it was important to bring more “feminine” touches to the end result, multiple sources said. The new movie made $50 million on its opening weekend.
Lively, 36, was a producer on the project, which is based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling book. A studio insider told Page Six: “There were two edits and the studio went with a more feminine edit.” Sources close to production with knowledge of the situation however, denied this, as another studio source said, “As a producer, Blake was given the opportunity to provide edits and feedback to the film.
It’s completely normal for there to be multiple edits of a film. “Sony went with the cut they deemed to be the best, and that was a cut that included Blake’s edits, and all parties were on board.” Page Six previously revealed how Blake was made to feel “uncomfortable” by Baldoni, particularly about her postpartum body after giving birth to her fourth child, son Olin, shortly before filming.
The pair have not promoted the movie together and did not pose together at the New York premiere last week. We told how they even sat in different theaters at the premiere. Baldoni, 40, admitted there were issues on set, telling Elle UK , “There are all these things that happen every day on set, there�.