Conduct Blake Lively Describes as a Hostile Work Environment Occurred Before Intimate Scenes

Blake's contract prohibited any nudity or simulated sex without her written consent and a negotiated nudity rider, and that the It Ends With Us team hired an intimacy coordinator months before filming. And according to the filing, Lively declined an early meeting with the coordinator, who nonetheless reviewed the planned intimate content, discussed the boundaries with her later on, and prepared nudity riders for both of the actors. The filing also states that when Lively raised concerns about intimate scenes, Baldoni offered to keep the attention focused on his body. Okay, so if we're together like this, you can film my... Of course, that was a little selfish on his part because the guy has a beautiful body. When in doubt and you need a cutaway of one of the naked bodies, make it mine. In the first phase of filming, Blake did not film any intimate scenes, but she voiced objections to certain behavior. The filing alleges that during early filming, before any intimate scenes that had occurred, Lively raised... The filing notes that filming ran from May 15th to June 14th, 2023. That's the beginning phase, before shutting down for strikes. None of Blake's intimate scenes were rehearsed or filmed during this time. There were not. However, the filing states that all of the conduct that Blake now describes as creating a hostile work environment occurred before or during that early period. Huh. It asserts that her complaints largely revolve around incidents the defendants characterize as low-level or innocuous, including her claim that Baldoni described his genitalia during their first meeting. In interaction, the filing says that she initiated, did not report at the time, and after which her husband sent Baldoni an effusive message.