Justin Baldoni accuses Blake Lively of using Taylor Swift to pressure him about changing movie

In the latest legal filing in the "It Ends With Us" saga, director and star Justin Baldoni alleges that co-star Blake Lively leaned on the powerful people in her life to ensure her vision for the movie ended up in the final cut.

In the latest legal filing in the "It Ends With Us" saga, director and star Justin Baldoni alleges that co-star Blake Lively leaned on the powerful people in her life to ensure her vision for the movie ended up in the final cut.

One of those powerful people is mega-pop star Taylor Swift, whom Lively has counted among her best friends for years. The other is her husband, Ryan Reynolds.

The lawsuit, which Baldoni filed Thursday against Lively, Reynolds and their publicist, alleges that Reynolds and Swift bolstered a version of a scene in the movie written by Lively. His lawsuit includes screenshots of text messages between Baldoni and Lively.

Swift is not named in the suit, save for one text message in which a "Taylor" is mentioned. In the text of the lawsuit, she is referred to as a "megacelebrity friend."

Baldoni’s team confirmed to NBC News that the Taylor referred to in the lawsuit is Swift. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/justin-baldoni-blake-lively-taylor-swift-rcna188070

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