Blake Lively begged Ben Affleck and then-wife Jennifer Lopez to watch “It Ends with Us” during her showdown with Justin Baldoni.
Court documents obtained by Page Six show an email that Lively allegedly sent to Affleck (last name redacted) in May 2024, asking him to “watch the movie and give me any ideas or notes” about her version of the 2024 drama.
Lively, 38, wrote in the email: “I just came out from behind (almost) the most upsetting movie experience I’ve ever had.”
“The making of this film documentary is going to be more interesting than the film has ever been. It’s like having a baby between ‘Wild Wild Country,’ ‘Fyre Festival,’ ‘Going Clear,’ and ‘The Room’…although ‘Room’ would work too,” she added.
The “A Simple Favor” star then called Baldoni, who starred and directed the film, a “clown.”
“Anyway, I ended up rewriting and reconfiguring the entire script and directing the film around a deranged clown ‘director’, actors, producers, financiers, and studio heads,” Lively reportedly wrote to Affleck.
“Yes, it’s all the same person,” she added.
The mother of four claimed in an email that “everyone” the director of “Apocalypse” hired to help make the film was “in a cult.”
“It would have been easier if I had been officially supervising, but having to troubleshoot considering his preferences, ego, and existing decisions made it extremely difficult. And that doesn’t even touch on serious issues like human resources,” she wrote.
Lively later said she had been “making up” with Baldoni over the final edit of “It Ends with Us.”
“I’m not kidding, he’s been editing it since July, and he’s given me 10 days to make his own pass. Bake Off is in 12 days. But in the meantime, I have friends and family previewing it in New York on Saturday so I can get a round of notes and feedback before the show,” she wrote in an email.
The “Shallows” star asked Affleck if he had time to “watch her version of the movie in the next few days and give her any ideas or notes.”
Lively then asked the “Gone Girl” actor, 53, if he would allow his then-wife Lopez and their three children to watch the cut. (Affleck has children Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.)
“If your wife and kids are around, I’d love to hear what they have to say (incidentally, it also covers domestic violence, so no one is caught off guard),” Lively wrote.
“I am a fan of Jennifer and have told her as much every time I have met her. I am honored to have her accept me. Again, no pressure,” the actress wrote to Affleck.
“I really hope this works after everything I’ve put into it. This movie almost killed me, and I can think of very few people I know who are more prescriptive and insightful than you,” she added.
Lively concluded her email to the “AIR” star by saying that her husband Ryan Reynolds also reached out to Affleck’s best friend Matt Damon and his wife to confirm the cut.
“I think (Damon) will be watching this weekend. Good guys will show up. I’m beyond grateful for that,” she wrote.
Page Six reached out to Affleck’s representatives for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
The email was made public Tuesday as part of Ms. Lively’s unsealed deposition, four months before her sexual harassment trial with Mr. Baldoni was scheduled to begin.
In December 2024, the “Age of Adaline” actress filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, alleging that she sexually harassed him on the set of “It Ends with Us.” (Baldoni denies those claims.)
Baldoni countersued Lively, Reynolds and their publicists for defamation and other charges. However, his $400 million lawsuit was dismissed in June 2025.
Their trial begins on May 18th.
