Blake Lively Debuts New ‘Simple Favor’ Movie to a Warm Welcome at SXSW Amid Legal Battle
Another Simple Favor earned a very warm welcome from the Austin audience at the opening night of the 2025 SXSW Film and TV festival, as star Blake Lively premiered her first movie since her ongoing and well-publicized legal battle with her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni.
Lively was on hand at The Paramount theater, along with her co-star Anna Kendrick, director Paul Feig, and much of the rest of the film’s cast including Andrew Rannells, Elizabeth Perkins and Alex Newell.
“I love these characters so much and thought they would be so fun to revisit,” said Feig in the post-screening Q&a of making the sequel. For her part, Lively called her Simple Favor character, Emily Nelson, “My favorite character I have ever been fortunate enough to play.”
Another Simple Favor, which will hit Amazon’s streaming service on May 1, takes place after the events of...
Lively was on hand at The Paramount theater, along with her co-star Anna Kendrick, director Paul Feig, and much of the rest of the film’s cast including Andrew Rannells, Elizabeth Perkins and Alex Newell.
“I love these characters so much and thought they would be so fun to revisit,” said Feig in the post-screening Q&a of making the sequel. For her part, Lively called her Simple Favor character, Emily Nelson, “My favorite character I have ever been fortunate enough to play.”
Another Simple Favor, which will hit Amazon’s streaming service on May 1, takes place after the events of...
- 3/8/2025
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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