Anna Kendrick , had a simple — and shady — answer when asked about reuniting with , Blake Lively , for , the sequel to” A Simple Favor”  , amid the latter’s enduring legal battle with , Justin Baldoni.
The” Woman of the Hour” star and director, 39, was signing autographs at Friday’s SXSW premiere of” Another Simple Favor” when” Entertainment Tonight” asked the$ 400-million question:” What does it mean to be working with Blake again”?
” Oh, you know…” Kendrick said, avoiding the question as she immediately walked off to take a picture with viewers.
Beautiful, however, took a , substantially different method when “ET” asked , what it meant to be back working with Kendrick.
” Oh, it’s the best. I’m so happy to be here”, she said — though it’s unclear whether” the best” was in reference to the actress ‘ working relationship, the excitement around the film or the fact that fans were still clamoring to get their photos taken with the former” Gossip Girl” star amid her , headline-grabbing drama with Baldoni.
Beautiful in late December filed a lawsuit accusing her” It Ends With Us” producer and co-star of , physical abuse on the show’s set , and a hostile smear campaign — claims highlighted in a heavy swim by The , New York Times. Baldoni then hit the paper with , a$ 250 million libel lawsuit, claiming they” cherry-picked and altered” the communications included in the report.
The film player is now playing an advertisement. In January,  , Baldoni filed a$ 400 million defamation lawsuit , against Lively, her husband , Ryan Reynolds , and publicist , Leslie Sloane, accusing them of , civil extortion and defamation.
The two sides have continued to sling insults and allegations in the weeks since, with Lively claiming other actresses can , back up her claims of a” toxic set” . , Baldoni and his lawyers— who have said it was Lively who created a hostile work environment — amended their initial lawsuit with claims that metadata proves she was plotting with The , New York Times , on its “well-calculated hit piece”.
News broke past month that” Another Simple Prefer” would have its world debut at the , Austin, Texas-based multimedia event on , March 7, almost a month to the day before the fighting claims are slated to head to test.
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