A redone interview gives new light on Taylor SwiftThe involvement in the production of “IT ends with us”, suggesting that the Pop icon may have played a more important role than before.
While sources have tried to quickly distribute the current legal battle between the film director, Justin Baldoniand her main actress, Blake Livelynewly rebuilt statements from Baldoni and the actress Isabela Ferrer indicate that Swift has had a direct influence on casting decisions.
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Did Taylor Swift help play a key role?
During an earlier interview with “Access Hollywood,” Baldoni revealed that he had consulted both Lively and Swift when Ferrer’s selection for the role of Young Lily Bloom, the character played by Lively.
“I had actually brought and shown his adhesive tape to Blake and Taylor and they were both, like:” Yes! She ” said Baldoni in the clip, adding: “And it’s a true story.”
Meanwhile, Ferrer confirmed the involvement of Swift in his cast while speaking to Additional During the first in the film.
“I don’t even know if I’m supposed to say it, but I say it!” She said hesitantly. “Yeah, she was a useful part of the hearing process, which I discovered later after obtaining it and that rocked my world. I have no words.
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The connection of Blake Lively to Taylor Swift in the film
Beyond the casting, Swift also had a direct impact on the film’s soundtrack.
Lively previously declared that she had personally contacted her longtime friend to ask for permission to use Swift song “My Tears Ricochet” in the trailer and the soundtrack.
“I think that, for the better or for the worst, she lived everything with me,” shared Lively during an interview of August 2024 with “CBS Mornings.”
Lively also admitted that the inclusion of Swift’s music in the film was not something that she was initially possible.
“It was actually, it is a film quite little by low budget. … So, we never thought, as, our eyeballs were not so big to think that we could put one of his songs in the film and that was the case. »»
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Baldoni trial name – Drop Taylor Swift
While the name of Swift was already linked to “it ends with us” in creative purposes, Baldoni also brought it to the legal drama by referring it to its extortion and defamation trial of $ 400 million against Lively.
In January 2025, after Lively accused him of sexual harassment and other complaints in a complaint from the California civil rights department, Baldoni alleged that Swift was indirectly used as a lever against him. According to his trial, Baldoni was invited to the New York City Penthouse in Lively to discuss script rewritings with Lively, her husband her Ryan ReynoldsAnd “a famous and famous friend, referring to Swift.
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After the meeting, Lively would have sent a text to Baldoni, writing: “If you ever go to watch” Game of Thrones “, you will appreciate that I am Khaleesi, and like her, it turns out that I have a few dragons.”
She would then have referred to Swift and Reynolds, saying: “For better or for better, but generally for better. Because my dragons also protect those for which I fight. So, really, we all benefit from my magnificent monsters. You too can promise you.
Baldoni lawyers argued that the SMS sent a clear intimidation message, saying that “Baldoni did not only deal with Lively. He also faced “Dragons” from Lively, two of the most influential and richest celebrities in the world, who were not afraid to make things very difficult for him. »»
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Taylor Swift would have “used” in legal drama
After the Baldoni trial, sources close to Swift spoke, saying that the Grammy winner felt “used” by Lively and was not satisfied with the “Dragons” reference.
A well -connected initiate says Tmz This quick “had no idea” of the penthouse meeting involved Baldoni when it was invited that day.
“She does not appreciate being called one of Blake’s dragons,” said another source, suggesting that Swift wants to remain completely not involved in the current quarrel.
Swift would have taken a step back from friendship
Page six Previously, the singer “You belong to me” was “injured by all this situation and feels like a” pawn “in the legal battle, and” pauses “of her friendship with Lively.
However, contradictory reports on the friendship of Swift and Lively continue to surface.
A separate source previously told Page six that the two remain on good terms and that the rumors of a tense relationship are “not true”.
