After Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni claiming sexual harassment on the set of the film, Baldoni retaliated with a trial, saying that the actress and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynoldswas trying to fight against creative control of the film far from him.

There have been a lot of questions about the quantity of influence that Taylor Swift had on “it ends with us”, although sources close to Baldoni said that Lively used the power of the stars of his friend in order to intimidate the director.

An initiate said TmzThis made a calculated plan so that Swift presented herself in her apartment when she examined the script changes with Baldoni, letting the singer feel “used”. The same source said, however, that Swift had not contributed to the discussion and was introduced only to Baldoni.

However, this has been refuted by other sources, which claim that Swift has indeed elected the changes in Lively script. The proof of what happened that day is minimal.

In his trial, Baldoni provides text messages which he claims to show an interaction with Lively after the events of the night. Text messages say that his modifications made the scene “so much more fun and interesting”, but added that he “felt this without Ryan and Taylor”, referring to the involvement of the singer “anti-hero”.

Lively would then have replied: “It turns out that I have some dragons. For better or for worse, but generally for better, ”reads the alleged text of Lively. “Because my dragons also protect those for which I fight. So we really benefit from my magnificent monsters. [Smiley-face emoji] You too can promise you. “”

The relationship of Swift and Lively has would have been on the rocks After Lively referred to it as one of his “dragons” and a “magnificent monster”.

According to The new Baldoni websiteThe actress of “A simple favor” threatened to refuse her approval of the trailer for the film unless she had no time to work on a cup of the film with her own personal publisher, instead of using the one Baldoni had created.

“Blake calls Taylor to approve the song. She has of course stretched her hand by saying that she takes time with [REDACTED] its publisher. We know that he was conditional when the contract signed, but asking you if you reconsider thus [REDACTED] Can release this trailer and Blake does not change her mind, calling Taylor Swift. “”

According to Baldoni, they agreed to use the Lively version of the trailer to keep Swift’s song in the trailer.

In a clip redone Access to HollywoodBaldoni says he threw actress Isabela Ferrer to play a younger version of the character of Lively on Swift’s advice. He recalled how he brought his band to casting to Lively and Swift, who immediately praised “the phenomenal actress” and decided to launch it.

“I had actually brought and shown his adhesive tape to Blake and Taylor and they were both, like” Yes! ” She, ”said Baldoni. “And it’s a true story.”

Ferrer said later AdditionalDuring the film’s premiere, she knew that Swift had “a certain influence” in obtaining the role. “I don’t even know if I’m supposed to say it, but I say it!” She explained. “Yeah, it was a useful part of the hearing process, which I discovered later after getting it, and that rocked my world. I have no words.”

In August 2024, Lively congratulated Swift’s participation during an interview on CBS Mornings. “I think that, for better or for worse, she lived with me,” she said at the time, adding that Swift was by her side “throughout this process”.

“It was actually-it is a film quite little by little budget. … So we never thought, as our eyelashes were not so important to think that we could put one of her songs in the film and what had to be,” she added, referring to Swift giving her permission to use “My Tears Ricochet” in the trailer and the soundtrack band of the film.

Given Lively’s comments, it is clear that Swift had much more influence on this film than it seems. Giving permission to use your song in the film is quite standard in this industry, but it seems that it has also contributed to the casting process and may even have influenced the script changes that have proposed. That being said, nobody knows for sure what really happened at this meeting in the apartment of Lively, with the exception of the people who were there, which means that the only way to go to the bottom of things is to testify Swift under oath.

Although, with the trial again in a year, Swift may remove a page from the Lively book and use its star power to force it in a colony. Otherwise, she could curse her name, wishing her to stay, and look at how her ricochet tears.