‘IEWU’ Footage Exhibits Blake Energetic and Justin Baldoni Awkwardly Interacting

Amid Blake Energetic and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing authorized battle over their film It Ends with Us, a newly launched video affords a glimpse of their alleged behind-the-scenes battle. 

The video, obtained by TMZ and offered by Baldoni’s group, exhibits footage of Energetic, 37, filming a scene with Baldoni, 40, by which their characters, Lily and Ryle, gradual dance for a slow-motion montage. The 2 actors seem to talk to one another out of character as they act out a scene supposed to don’t have any dialogue. 

Energetic, in a Dec. 20 grievance, sued Baldoni and a few of his associates, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear marketing campaign in opposition to her. Within the submitting, she claimed her director-costar exhibited “disturbing” and “unprofessional” conduct on the set of the hit Colleen Hoover adaptation, inflicting a “hostile work atmosphere” and “grief, concern, trauma, and excessive nervousness.”

PEOPLE is out to Energetic’s rep and legal professionals for remark.

Among the many Gossip Lady alum’s accusations was that throughout the filming of “a gradual dance scene for a montage by which no sound was recorded,” per the doc, Baldoni “leaned ahead and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck as he mentioned, ‘it smells so good’… When Ms. Energetic later objected to this conduct, Mr. Baldoni’s response was, ‘I’m not even drawn to you.’”

Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit on Jan. 16 in opposition to the actress-producer, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist, claiming defamation, extortion and extra. The Jane the Virgin alum additionally sued The New York Instances for libel, false gentle invasion of privateness and extra on Dec. 31 over an article about her complaints in opposition to him.

In that article, Energetic offered a press release: “I hope that my authorized motion helps pull again the curtain on these sinister retaliatory techniques to hurt individuals who converse up about misconduct and helps shield others who could also be focused.”

The newly launched video of footage from the It Ends with Us set seems to incorporate proof that Energetic addressed Baldoni’s nostril — a element the director-star included in his countersuit. Of the scene in query, Baldoni’s submitting says, “Energetic took them out of character once more and started to joke about Baldoni’s nostril, which he laughed off and joked in flip, at the same time as Energetic joked that he ought to get cosmetic surgery. Energetic incorrectly alleges that this scene was filmed with out sound. Baldoni was carrying a microphone, and all the alternate is captured on digicam.”

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Within the video, Energetic affords opinions on how the scene ought to look because it’s being filmed. On the finish of 1 take, she chuckles awkwardly about dancing so carefully to Baldoni, saying, “It’s like, simply noses.”

“I do know, and my nostril is so huge,” Baldoni responds as they each snicker. “Sure, I hoped that we might deal with this,” quips Energetic. “It’s not too late. Simply gotta shut down. Gotta name an insurance coverage month, and simply take care of that. Simply kidding.”

“No, it’s true,” says Baldoni. Of the actress taking part in Ryle’s sister Allysa, he added, “That’s why we employed Jenny Slate, too. Our noses match.” 

In one other take, Energetic tells him, “I’m in all probability getting spray tan on you.” Laughing, he says, “It smells good.” 

In a press release responding to Baldoni’s “meritless” and “determined” lawsuit, Energetic’s legal professionals known as it “one other chapter within the abuser playbook.” Upon submitting, Baldoni’s lawyer mentioned in a press release that she “and her group tried to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously egocentric causes by their very own harmful manipulation of the media earlier than even taking any precise authorized motion.”