Lively began filming A Simple Favor 2 shortly after she wrapped It Ends With Us, the dark romance adapted from Colleen Hoover’s bestselling book. In the film, she played opposite Baldoni, whose character Ryle Kincaid was physically abusive to her character Lily Bloom.

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Director Paul Feig has joined the chorus of voices speaking up for "It Ends With Us" star Blake Lively following her sexual harassment complaint against co-star Justin Baldoni. Feig, who directed Lively in "A Simple Favor" and more recently its sequel "A Simple Favor 2,