Blake Lively begged Ben Affleck and his then-wife, Jennifer Lopez, to watch her cut of “It Ends With Us” amid her showdown with Justin Baldoni.
Court documents obtained by Page Six showed an alleged email that Likely sent to Affleck (whose last name was redacted) in May 2024, asking him to “watch the movie and give me any ideas or notes” about her version of the 2024 drama.
“I’ve just come out the other side (well almost) of the most upsetting experience I’ve ever had on a movie,” Lively, 38, wrote in the alleged email.
“The making of doc of this film would be more interesting than the movie could ever be. It’s like if ‘Wild Wild Country,’ ‘Fyre Festival’ and ‘Going Clear’ had a baby with ‘The Room’ … ‘Room’ also works though,” she added.
The “A Simple Favor” star then referred to Baldoni — who both starred in and directed the film — as a “clown.”
“Anyway, I ended up rewriting and restructuring the entire script, I also ended up having to direct the movie via the chaotic clown ‘director’/actor/producer/financier/studio head at the center,” Lively allegedly wrote to Affleck.
“Yes that’s all the same person,” she added.
The mom of four alleged in the email that “everyone” the “It Ends With Us” director hired to work with him on the movie is “in a cult.”
“If I would’ve just formally directed it, it would’ve been much easier, but having to troubleshoot through his taste, ego and preexisting decisions made it so difficult and that’s not even touching on any of the wild HR issues and beyond,” she wrote.
Lively then said she was in “a bake off” with Baldoni on the final edit of “It Ends With Us.”
“He’s been editing since, I kid you not, July, and they gave me 10 days to do my own pass. We have a bake off in 12 days. But I have a friends and family preview in NY on Saturday in the meantime so I can get one round of notes or feedback before we duke it out,” she penned in the alleged email.
The “Shallows” star asked Affleck if he had “any time in the next few days” to watch her version of the film and “give [her] any ideas or notes.”
Lively then asked the “Gone Girl” actor, 53, if he could have Lopez — who was his wife at the time — and his three kids watch the cut as well. (Affleck shares kids Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.)
“If your wife or kids are around, I’d love their opinion also (fyi it does cover domestic violence so no one is caught off guard),” Lively wrote.
“I’m such a fan of Jennifer’s, I’ve told her as much every time I’ve met her, and it would be an honor to have her take. Again, zero pressure,” the actress wrote to Affleck.
“I just really want this to work after all I’ve put into it. This movie nearly killed me. And I can think of very few people who would be as prescriptive and insightful as I know you would be,” she added.
Lively concluded her email to the “AIR” star by telling him that her husband, Ryan Reynolds, also reached out to Affleck’s BFF, Matt Damon, and his wife to check out the cut as well.
“I think [Damon’s] watching this weekend. Good men showing up. I’m beyond grateful for that,” she wrote.
Page Six has reached out to Affleck’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The email was released Tuesday as part of Lively’s unsealed deposition, four months before her sexual harassment trial with Baldoni is slated to start.
In December 2024, the “Age of Adaline” actress filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, accusing him of sexually harassing her on the set of “It Ends With Us.” (Baldoni has denied those claims.)
Baldoni countersued Lively, Reynolds, and their publicist for defamation and more. However, his $400 million suit was dismissed in June 2025.
Their trial begins May 18.
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