'I love working with her': Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig has defended Blake Lively

Paul Feig has defended Blake Lively, calling her “awesome”.

The 62-year-old filmmaker directed Blake, 37, in the 2018 movie ‘A Simple Favor’ and it’s 2025 sequel ‘Another Simple Favor’ and when asked about the acrimonious relationship Blake had with director Justin Baldoni on her last film ‘It Ends With Us’, Paul insisted he loves working with the actress.

Paul was asked by Lulu on her ‘Turning Points’ podcast: “Blake Lively has got this thing going on about her last film and her director and is that interfering with everything you have to do?”

And, he replied: “No, no. You know, I mean, Blake's awesome and I love working with her and, you know, no press is bad press … I just don't like negativity around people I love, you know, it's not stopping us from anything. Blake's great. I just love working with her.”

Referring to Blake’s co-star Anna Kendrick, Lulu asked: “I would imagine that Anna and her get along well, because they've already made a film … if you didn't get along, well, you wouldn't be happy.”

Paul said: “Oh very much so. They have this scene in a pool - it was like the second or third day we were shooting, and they're supposed to be kind of drunk and talking as a long dialogue scene - and they were just magical together.

“We just, my producing partner Laura and I, were just sitting there like watching these tapes going like, ‘Oh my god’, like this, they just slid back into these characters so wonderfully ... Their chemistry is just through the roof. It's really great. I'm just so lucky to get to work with these amazing people and who bring their own personalities to a project.”