Taylor Swift It was supposedly a great inspiration in the set of ‘It ends with us’.
Justin Baldoni directed the 2024 adaptation of the best -selling novel of Colleen Hooverstarring Blake Lively as the protagonist Lily Bloom in front of himself as Ryle Kincaid. The film narrated the abusive relationship of the characters.
Months after the premiere of the film in August 2024, Lively demanded Baldoni for sexual harassment and try to destroy his reputation. He denied the accusations before submitting a demand for defamation against the actress, mentioning Swift (the two women have been friends since 2015 and the pop star is also a godmother of the children of Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds).
In his judicial request obtained by Us WeeklyBaldoni included a screenshot of a text message where a Sony executive supposedly revealed that Lively personally called Swift to “approve” the use of his song “My Tears Ricochet” in the trailer. Captures of an alleged conversation by text with two Sony executives seemed to show the study of the study to obtain the rights of the Swift song.
“Blake is calling Taylor to approve the song. Of course, she communicated saying that she is asking for time with … her editor,” said a message from a contact called Sony Executive No. 1. “We know it was conditional to the signing of the contract, but we asked if you would reconsider so that … we can launch this trailer and Blake does not change my mind regarding calling Taylor Swift.”
A couple of hours later, a contact called Sony Marketing Exec allegedly wrote: “You don’t want to cooperate, you will significantly delay and harm the movie. Good luck.”
Insiders, however, say that Swift did not have “creative involvement” in the production of the film.
“Taylor has always been Blake’s friend, but Taylor has no involvement in the case. He was not part of the film,” an informant told him exclusively to Us Weekly In February 2025. “Taylor was not a producer of the film and had no creative involvement.”
Meanwhile, a second source told ‘Us’ that Swift never saw the movie or “not a single scene” until the movie reached theaters.
Keep reading to see what the cast of ‘It ends with us’ He said and said on Swift’s influence:
Justin Baldoni says that ‘had nothing to do’ with the use of his song in the trailer
The song “My Tears Ricochet” of 2020’s swift is presented prominently at the trailer of ‘It ends with us’.
“That’s all of Blake,” Baldoni told Entertainment Tonight In May 2024. “I have no idea (how he did it) but Blake knows everyone. She and Taylor are very good friends. I’m so happy that they agreed to have a song in the trailer, it’s so perfect for the movie.”
Blake Lively explains the use of ‘My Tears Ricochet’ in the trailer
In June 2024, Lively revealed how he selected the song ‘Folklore’ For the trailer.
“Together they made a lot of sense,” she said at the Boak Bonanza de Hoover Festival. “Colleen is able to tell something that is deeply personal and intimate but she is able to resonate with so many people. And Taylor, she is an incredible writer. He writes from such personal and vulnerable experiences.”
Lively then told CBS Mornings that “it was and wine” with Sony to add the 2020 song in the trailer.
“It is a great and beautiful summer movie, but it is actually a fairly intimate film,” said Lively, stating that it was a low -budget project. “We never thought, as, our eyes were not so big as to think that we could put one of his songs in the movie. It had to be and there was a moment in the movie that this emotional severity was missing and, as soon as we put the song, I thought, ‘That is the place’ because it is the time in the life of (Lily) where something happens and … that changes the course of his life.”
According to Lively, “nothing would have” accentuated the time better than “My Tears Ricochet.”
Blake Lively says that Taylor Swift was ‘with me in this experience all the time’
During a panel in August 2024 for the film, Lively said that “there were many favors and pleas” for the use of songs since there was no great budget to begin with. The moderator then specifically asked if Lively persuaded Swift to agree to license the song for the trailer.
“Honestly, she was in this experience all the time,” said Lively, according to videos on social networks. “This really lived with me, so she is a person who appears for you. I am very grateful to have that love and that support.”
Blake Lively says he met with the editor of ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ in the movie
Lively, who made his directorial debut in the Swift music video “I Bet You Think About Me” Network (Taylor’s version) of 2021, he worked with part of the same team in ‘It ends with us’.
“We had an incredible music supervisor, Season Kent, and one of our editors Shane Reid who, curious fact, was my editor in Taylor’s music video I directed,” Lively told the capital of the United Kingdom in August 2024. “And I was obsessed with him, I said, ‘This guy is incredible!’ I had never edited a movie before, I had just finished ‘Deadpool and Wolverine ‘ (With my husband) and he came and helped us with this. He has incredible taste for music – and we share the same composer of ‘Deadpool and Wolverine ‘. There’s a lot to share by passing. ”
Isabela Ferrer says that Taylor Swift had a role in her casting
Ferrer plays the young version of Lily, played by Lively, in ‘It ends with us0and then told Extra At the August 2024 premiere that Swift helped her get the role.
“She was a useful part in the hearing, which I discovered later when I got it,” Ferrer said. “And that left me shocked.”
Justin Baldoni corroborates the casting’s story by Isabela Ferrer
In your own interview with Extra That month, Baldoni revealed that “showed (Isabela’s hearing tape)” to Lively and Swift.
“I was doing the casting and in fact I took and showed her hearing tape to Blake and Taylor and both said: ‘Yes, she!'” Baldoni remembered Extra. “And that is a real story, but it simply left me astonished.”
Justin Baldoni apparently refers to her in a text
When Baldoni sue Lively and her husband, Reynolds, for $ 400 million, seemed to refer to Swift in a text message presented with the legal complaint, which was obtained by Us Weekly in January 2025.
“I was working on the ceiling scene today, I really love what you did. It really helps (sic) a lot. It makes it much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that without Ryan and Taylor),” Baldoni’s apparent text message said along with an emoji of face winking one eye. “You are really a talent in every way. Really excited and grateful to do this together.”
What the sources said
Multiple sources told exclusively to ‘Us’ that swift “is not relevant” for the movie ‘It ends with us’ or for the subsequent legal drama.
“Taylor has always been Blake’s friend, but Taylor has no involvement in the case. He was not part of the film,” he shared an informant in February 2025. “Taylor was not a producer of the film and had no creative involvement.”
They added: “Although she and Blake are friends, this case is now a legal issue that the courts must resolve. Dragging Taylor to this issue is unnecessary and misrepresented what really happened.”
The same source said Swift “didn’t even see” any part of the movie until it was released.
Taylor Swift’s reaction to legal drama
She “was not happy to be dragged into the legal mess,” said another source separately to ‘Us’ in March 2025.
Taylor Swift was summoned
Swift was summoned in the legal battle between Lively and Baldoni in May 2025.
“Taylor Swift never stepped on the set of this film, she was not involved in any casting or creative decision, she did not compose the music of the film, never saw a montage or made annotations about the movie,” said a representative to ‘Us’ in a statement at that time. “He didn’t even see ‘It Ends With Us’ until weeks after its public premiere, and was traveling around the world for 2023 and 2024 leading the biggest tour in history.”
The statement continued: “The connection Taylor had with this film was to allow the use of a song, ‘My Tears Ricochet’. Since its involvement was to license a song for the film, something that other 19 artists also made, this citation of documents is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift to attract public interest creating a bait for the tabloids instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”
