Paul Feig He said it before and will say it again: Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick They are not fights.
The director, who worked with the two actresses in the 2018 film A simple favor And the May sequel Another simple favorHe has seen the speculation and rumors surrounding two of the stars of the films.
Again and again, it makes it clear that it is not a drama among the couple.
“Any controversy is good. I am always, ‘There is no press is a bad press,” Feig shared on Tuesday, April 29, episode or Iheartradios “Amy and TJ“Podcast.” But I just know people, and I like these people so much that I work with which I want to defend them when someone is only [telling] Shameless lies. It drives me crazy. “
A source also excluding said Us Weekly That there was Without bad blood Among the co -star.
“There” are problems between Blake and Anna at this time, “the source told User In February, noting that both actresses “really love” the next sequel.
Both Lively and Kendrick have been withdrawn how much they enjoyed working with each other in the movies.
Animated counted Entertainment tonight He was “the best” meeting with his co -star, while Kendrick said “He was lovely“To be able to participate in a sequel.
However, Feig is still trying everything possible to leave the record in each and every one of the false rumors. Keep reading to see what you have said about working with Lively and Kendrick:
The truth about the SXSW Film Festival
When Lively went to SXSW in March 2025, he marked his first solo appearance as the beginning of the on -and legals with Justin Baldoni.
At that time, YouTuber Melanie King alleged in x That Lively was “terrified of walking on the carpet” at the premiere of the new movie because “Anna is angry and never returns to work with her.”
Feig responded on March 8 to the publication writing: “Um … You are wrong.”
Backstage with Blake and Anna

While appearing in the episode of April 29, Amy Robach and TJ Holmes‘Podcast, Feig reiterated that there was no drama on Sxsw.
“I am in the back with Anna and Blake and then with the rest of the cast, and we are making thesis videos together and the best time and are talking and laughing and all this,” he said. “And then people are putting on the Internet,” Oh, you know, Blake is very angry with Anna. “Boys, it’s not true!
Blake and Anna’s chemistry revealed
Feig invited fans to witness the undeniable chemistry of Lively and Kendrick when Another simple favor Hit the Amazon Prime video on May 1.
“They are very great in thesis movies,” he said People When asked about his schools. “They are simply so magical together. It’s crazy. I mean, we were [on] The third day of shot. We had this scene with both of them in a pool boy or drinking martinis and links, and we learned a lot about them during that scene. I shoot both at the same time. My producing partner Laura Fischer And he was on the monitor simply going as: “It’s crazy how his chemistry is on fire on the screen.” “
Both are strong women
Feig criticized rumors of discord while arguing the pool scene in Another simple favor.
“You can see how much I like Anna and Blake and respect yourself in that scene, and that is why I get so angry with these stories about them to have a start son,” he explained in the May 13 edition of the Women in Entertainment Entertainment Bulletin. “It is pure misogyny, the idea that two strong women who work together means that they will fight and in conflict. They are these children of false narratives perpetuated by people without a true knowledge of what acts acts, it commits over women, and we need to stop him once and for all.”