It has been revealed that Blake Lively made a list of 30 demands to director and co-star Justin Baldoni on the set of It Ends with Us.
This comes in the wake of Lively issuing a lawsuit against Baldoni in which she alleged he sexually harassed her and carried out a social media smear campaign against her.
Texts between Baldoni’s team he is accused to have hired to carry out the campaign against Lively were also included as part of the lawsuit.
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These texts stated that Baldoni ‘wants to feel like [Lively] can be buried’.
Baldoni’s lawyers have called Lively’s claims ‘categorically false’ and accused the actor of planting ‘fake stories’ in a ‘desperate attempt to fix her negative reputation’.
The Meeting
It has also been revealed in the legal complaint against Baldoni that there was a meeting between the pair in which she outlined a list of 30 demands.
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Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds was also present for this meeting, which made demands of both Baldoni and James Heath, a producer on the film and executive at Wayfarer Studios, the company behind It Ends With Us.
The meeting was held in January 2024, and was done after the actors and writers strike had ended, which allowed production of the film to resume.
The claims the demands infer are wide-ranging and allege multiple instances of unprofessional and sexually inappropriate behaviour.
The 30 demands were as follows:
1. No more showing nude videos or images of women, including producer’s wife, to Blake Lively and/or her employees.
2. No more mention of Justin Baldoni or James Heath’s ‘pornography addiction’ or Blake Lively’s lack of pornography consumption to Blake Lively or to other crew members.
3. No more discussions to Blake Lively and/or her employees about personal experiences with sex, including as it relates to spouses or others.
4. No more mention to Blake Lively or her employees of personal times that physical consent was not given in sexual acts, as either the abuser or the abused.
5. No more descriptions of their own genitalia to Blake Lively.
6. No more jokes or disparaging comments to be made to Blake Lively and/or her employees about HR complaints Wayfarer has already received on set or about ‘missing the HR meeting’.
7. No more inquiries by Justin Baldoni to Blake Lively’s trainer without her knowledge or consent to disclose her weight.
8. No more mention by Justin Baldoni of him ‘speaking to’ Blake Lively’s dead father.
9. No more pressing by Justin Baldoni for Blake Lively to discloser her religious beliefs, or unsolicited sharing of his.
10. If Blake Lively and/or her infant is exposed to COVID again, Blake Lively must be provided with immediate notice as soon as Wayfarer or any other producers become aware of such exposure, without her needing to uncover days later herself.
11. An intimacy coordinator must be present at all times when Blake Lively is on set in scenes with Justin Baldoni.
12. No more personal, physical touching, or sexual comments by Justin Baldoni or James Heath to be tolerated by Blake Lively and/or any of her employees, as well as any female cast or crew without their express consent.
13. No more improvising of kissing. All intimate touch must be choreographed in advance with Blake Lively and an intimacy coordinator. No biting or sucking of lip without Blake Lively’s consent. All intimate on camera touch and conversation must be ‘in character’, not spoken from Justin Baldoni to Blake Lively personally.
14. Blake Lively to have representative on set at all times and with a monitor during scenes involving nudity, sexual activity, or violence with Justin Baldoni.
15. All actors participating with Blake Lively in intimate scenes involving her being in any state of nudity or simulated nudity must be classified as active, working actors, not "friends" of the director or producers, and must be pre-approved by Blake Lively.
16. No more filming of any Blake Lively nudity without a fully-executed, SAG-compliant nudity rider in place. Any such footage already shot without this rider in place and indirect violation of SAG requirements may not be used without Blake Lively’s and her legal representatives prior, written consent.
17. Any scene by Blake Lively, or another performer depicting the character of "Lily", that involves nudity or simulated sex must be conducted strictly in accordance with the above-referenced nudity rider and must adhere to the Blake Lively-approved script.
18. An intimacy coordinator must be on set for all scenes involving nudity and/or simulated sex and must have a monitor to ensure compliance.
19. No monitors to be viewed or accessible on set, or remotely, during closed set scenes except by Blake Lively-approved essential crew and personnel.
20. No more entering, attempting to enter, interrupting, pressuring or asking Blake Lively to enter her trailer or the makeup trailer by James Heath or Justin Baldoni while she is nude, for any reason.
21. No more private, multi hour meetings in Blake Lively’s trailer, with Justin Baldoni crying, with no outside Blake Lively appointed representative to monitor.
22. No more pressing by Justin Baldoni to sage any of Blake Lively’s employees.
23. Producer Alex Saks to be given standard rights, inclusion, and authority per her job description and as represented to Blake Lively when signing on.
24. Sony must have an active, daily role in overseeing physical production for the remainder of the film to monitor safety for cast and crew, schedule, logistics, problem solving and creative.
25. Engagement of an experienced producer to supervise the safety of the cast and crew, schedule, logistics, problem solving and creative for the remainder of the shoot. (examples: Todd Lieberman, Elizabeth Cantillon, Miri Yoon, Lynette Howell).
26. Engagement of a Blake Lively-approved, A-list stunt double to perform Lily in scenes with Justin Baldoni involving rape and/or violence. Blake Lively to perform only close- up work or work from a Blake Lively pre-approved shot list in scenes with Justin Baldoni involving sexual violence.
27. No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex, or on camera climaxing by Blake Lively outside the scope of the script Blake Lively approved when signing on to the project.
28. No more asking or pressuring Blake Lively to cross physical picket lines.
29. No more retaliatory or abusive behaviour to Blake Lively for raising concerns or requesting safeguards
30. An in-person meeting before production resumes with Justin Baldoni, James Heath, Alex Saks, the Sony representative, the new producer, Blake Lively, and Blake Lively's spouse Ryan Reynolds to confirm and approve a plan for implementation of the above that will be adhered to for the physical and emotional safety of Blake Lively, her employees and all the cast and crew moving forward.
Baldoni's Response
LADbible Group has reached out for comment to Wayfarer Studios and Justin Baldoni.
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Justin Baldoni’s full statement in response to the lawsuit can be found here.
Topics: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Film, TV and Film, Celebrity
Michael Slavin