Actress Anna Kendrick has fuelled Blake Lively feud rumours as she was quizzed about her co-star at a red carpet event.
The actresses, 39 and 37 respectively, have teamed up for a sequel to their 2018 comedy thriller A Simple Favor. The follow-up, Another Simple Favor, had its premier at the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas yesterday.
Two videos have gone viral from the event, both of which show Anna’s quick whit in response to being grilled about Blake Lively and her recent legal drama. During the red carpet event ahead of the screening, a reporter asked Kendrick: “How do you feel that the movie is being impacted by everything going on… in the world”?
While the question could have been about the looming threat of World War 3, it might also have been a reference to the legal dramas surrounding her co-star. Kendrick didn’t even flinch, and responded with a smile before moving along the line: “Why? What happened? I did Ayahuasca and the last year of my life has just gone, but I’ve heard the movie is amazing”!
The clip has begun circulating on social media, and fans have lauded how the Pitch Perfect star outwitted the tricky question.
“Anna Kendrick mastering the art of saying a lot without saying anything at all”, wrote one fan, with another describing it as “Oscar-winning evasion”.
In another moment Anna was seen signing autographs and posed for selfies with fans, before she was asked by one crowd member what it was like to be working with Blake, who is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Justin Baldoni, again.
The Pitch Perfect star responded with a blunt comment as she said behind what appeared to be a quickly fading smile: “Oh you know”. The telling remark was a huge contrast to Blake’s comments about working with Anna. When Blake was asked the same question in reverse, she said: “Oh it’s the best, I’m so happy”.
Fans have quickly picked up on the moment on social media as one wrote: “Ooh you know” saying much without saying much”. Another added:” She can’t even fake it “and a third remarked:” Anna’s already over it”. It has been rumoured the pair are in a secret feud as Anna was less than happy about Blake’s ongoing legal drama casting a shadow over their recent film.
Last month, Lively filed an amended version of her lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and movie director, Justin Baldini, which makes a number of explosive claims.
The pair starred together in hugely successful hit It Ends with Us before Lively accused Baldoni, 41, of sexual harassment. He countersued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, for £321million, accusing them of trying to destroy his reputation and career.
One of the new claims states that Baldoni upset Lively by claiming he could” talk to her dead father, “the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit says:” For example, he claimed he could speak to the dead, and on several occasions told Ms. Lively that he had spoken to her recently-deceased father.
“On one occasion when he claimed to have spoken with Ms. Lively’s dead father (a person whom Mr. Baldoni had never met), Ms. Lively attempted to deflect the comment with humor, telling Mr. Baldoni: ‘ let him know he owes me 40 bucks. ‘ Mr. Baldoni replied, ‘ Wait, does he really? ‘
” Ms. Lively was shocked that Mr. Baldoni was pushing the conversation further, and replied with another attempt at humorous deflection, stating, ‘ Oh god no. He owes me so much more than that. ‘
“Mr. Baldoni then closed his eyes, put his hand on his heart, and said, ‘ I was leaving my apartment this morning, and I reached into my pocket… and there was $40 dollars in there, that I did not put there. ‘ This exchange deeply disturbed Ms. Lively, and it was not (as Defendants have since claimed) limited to Mr. Baldoni simply claiming to pray for her father”.
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