In response to allegations made by his co-star Blake Lively about sexual harassment, a body language expert has analyzed the behind-the-scenes footage from the movie “It Ends With Us.” Justin Baldoni’s legal team released the footage.
Lively starred as Lily Bloom in Colleen Hoover’s adaptation, while Baldoni directed the romantic movie and played the role of her abusive partner, Ryle Kincaid. Baldoni was accused of sexual harassment and allegedly acting inappropriately while filming “It Ends With Us,” just four months after the movie’s release.
A 10-minute behind-the-scenes video was then released, showing the pair filming a slow dance scene for the movie and engaging in small talk, but Lively claims it shows her looking “uncomfortable”. The video itself is damning, according to her attorney, who told TMZ: “Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him.” Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her complaint”.
Lively’s team also alleges the footage “shows Baldoni repeatedly leaning in towards Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and talking with her out of character”.
Baldoni, on the other hand, claimed Lively had suggested that he have nose cosmetic surgery while filming a “romance montage.” Since then, he has filed a lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, alleging that the movie “It Ends With Us” contained extortion and defamation. According to the lawsuit, Lively and her team allegedly smuggled false information into Baldoni’s office to sabotage the movie.
Author of Body Language Decoder, Martin Brooks, has now shared his thoughts exclusively with the Mirror regarding what can be seen in the body language of the audience. He alleges, “Despite the fact they are acting, there are moments when I believe true emotions show”.
Martin first discusses the kisses during the scene, explaining: “If we look at the timeline, Baldoni leans in for two kisses, one at 1.48 and one at 2.07. Lively, in response, gives her rationale as to why talking is better than kissing at 2.21. Despite this, Baldoni goes in for at least three more kisses (at 3.42, 7.11, and 7.37).
” After avoiding two kissing attempts, despite Lively being very clear that she doesn’t think they should kiss, Baldoni goes for three more afterwards. Being unable to accept a “no” for an answer in this video is not a good way to refute the allegations against him.
With reference to further time stamps in the video, the expert talks about Lively’s body language defences. Explaining ‘ the spin’, he claims:” To avoid Baldoni’s attempted kissing, Lively initiates a spin three times at 1.55, 5.25 &, 7.39. Baldoni’s fifth attempt to start a kiss that was thwarted ends in the 7.39 one, which reads “cut.” Lively is smiling and backs away quickly after he says cut, whilst he is stony-faced. “
Looking into the arm control, Martin tells us”, Lively places her right hand on Baldoni’s chest continually. This creates a barrier between them, making Baldoni’s relationship with Lively more difficult. Baldoni frequently tries to control her hand by removing it from his chest so that he can get more close to Lively. She constantly tries to reform the barrier by returning her hand to his chest. The best example of this tussle is at 2.32 to 2.43 and results in a “spin” to break the battle. “
Martin also outlines the ‘ emotional leaks ‘ in the video, as he shares:” At 3.45 just after a failed kiss attempt, Baldoni asks for a “score”, so presumably filming stops. Lively delivers a clear lip bite that is a little out of the ordinary. Typically, we see this gesture when attempting to convey strong emotion. As she breaks character and is herself in this moment, it’s quite telling she does this mouth movement. “
He asserts that, having just spoken with Baldoni about her dislike of a third failed kiss, she is feeling “strong emotion” as a result? When she suddenly stops acting out of character, she appears upset and uneasy.
He claims:” At the 5.25 failed kissing attempt when Lively does a defensive spin, Baldoni laughs, but it is a frustrated laugh, not a funny ‘ ha ha ‘ laugh which he does naturally at other points in the video. Additionally, he appears irritable, draws Lively closer to him, and makes a resentful growl. Following his third unsuccessful kiss, here.
“At 7.11, after another attempted kiss, Lively clearly shakes her head” no “at Baldoni. She’s ‘ telling ‘ him (literally) with her body language, what she has continually told him with her words. No!
” At 7.44, when Baldoni calls cut and they both drop out of character, Lively smiles. This is the exact opposite of what transpired at 3.46 when Lively lost her mind. Is Lively’s relief that the scene is over in contrast to what she felt at 3.46 while it was still ongoing? Notice, too, how quickly she moves away from Baldoni and how sullen he looks in contrast to Lively. “
Lively and Baldoni’s representatives have been contacted by The Mirror.
Source: Mirror
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