It Ends with Us star Brandon Sklenar has defended co-star Blake Lively , author Colleen Hoover and the other women behind the film against online negativity. The 34-year-old actor, who plays Atlas in the screen adaptation of Hoover’s best-selling novel, addressed the criticism surrounding the film’s cast in a lengthy Instagram post shared on Tuesday (August 20). “I wanted to take a minute and address all this stuff swirling online,” Sklenar began.
“Colleen and the women of this cast stand for hope, perseverance, and for women choosing a better life for themselves. Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about. “It is, in fact, the opposite of the point.
What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film. It’s been disheartening to see the amount of negativity being projected online,” he continued. Ahead of the movie’s release in theaters last week, rumors of an on-set feud between the film’s director/star Justin Baldoni and Lively began percolating online .
Following its release, Lively has faced additional fan criticism not only for her “tone-deaf” approach to promoting the movie but also for her “rude” behavior in a resurfaced 2016 interview with Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa . Sklenar further shared tha.