Blake Lively insisted on $600,000 wardrobe for It Ends With Us character - but was it worth it?

From allegations of intersexual harassment, to interference from Taylor Swift and Ryan Reynolds and accustations of body-shaming, determination is seemingly nary constituent of It Ends With Us that did not origin hostility - and that goes close down to the shoes connected Blake Lively's feet. 

Justin Baldoni's suit documents assertion that his co-star insisted connected wholly revamping the costumes astatine the commencement of products to align with her imaginativeness of her character, Lily Bloom, with the fund ballooning to much than $600,000 arsenic a result. 

Legal documents assertion Lively was 'ignoring the director’s imaginativeness for her quality and disposing of the weeks of effort and creativity spent by the wardrobe squad connected buying and cautiously crafting her wardrobe' and 'sent hundreds of images to the Film’s costume designer'... depicting the benignant of wardrobe she wanted for her character.'

Court papers assertion the costume decorator had to 're-shop Lively’s wardrobe, acold exceeding the allocated fund and diverting clip and resources, portion besides preparing wardrobes for the remainder of the cast.

She besides reportedly wanted to walk $5,000 connected shoes to amusement her quality 'had money' - despite being a fledgling tiny concern proprietor - and her changes meant that Baldoni was 'forced to rethink an full publication that had been successful the works for years'.

While fans volition person to hold until 2026 for a tribunal proceeding to thrash retired the claims made by some sides, they tin surely instrumentality a presumption connected whether the wealth connected Blake's wardrobe - consisting of a batch of patchwork, denim and camouflage - was good spent. 

A connection from the Line Producer connected the movie dated April 25 2023 reads: 'Wardrobe's fund for spending is $185k.

'Normally wardrobe overspends and past does tons of returns and ends up successful budget. Our Wardrobe squad told maine they'd walk astir $500k and past onshore backmost astatine $185k erstwhile returns are done

'To day they've already spent $615K and they request their cashet cards each replenished due to the fact that they've lone shopped for Justin and Blake.

'They had to reshop everything for Blake aft originative changes but it's a batch of money.

'I spot them of people but privation to support you each posted arsenic this is mode much than I've ever seen wardrobe spell implicit fund with the archetypal spend.

'At this constituent we person to replenish their cards due to the fact that they haven't shopped for the different characters. Just keeping you each posted.'

The ineligible combat erupted conscionable earlier Christmas erstwhile Blake, 37, sued her It Ends With Us co-star Justin, 41, for intersexual harassment, which helium denied. 

At the aforesaid time, the New York Times released a communicative based connected Blake's ineligible filing that accused him of orchestrating a antagonistic publicity run against her. 

In turn, Justin sued the Times for defamation and launched a $400m suit against Blake and her hubby Ryan Reynolds that accused her of using her personage powerfulness to hijack his movie and effort to torpedo his career - the Times and Blake person denied these claims.

Now, bombshell ineligible documents item the lengths Blake went to successful bid to summation power implicit her wardrobe choices - contempt manager Justin, Sony and Wayfarer approving the character's wardrobe.

Normally pb actors are granted support implicit their character's wide look but usually bash not person afloat control.

The documents suggest Blake's overpowering manner choices could person blindsided Justin's imaginativeness for her character, disposing weeks of effort spent by the wardrobe squad connected buying and crafting her wardrobe - which was specifically tailored to Blake's quality good successful advance.

The ineligible documents assertion Blake would often nonstop 'hundreds of images precocious astatine night' to the film's costume designer.

Blake's requests meant the costume decorator of the movie had to 're-shop Blake's wardrobe, acold exceeding the allocated budget, clip and resources'.

The ineligible documents further assertion Blake often 'refused' to enactment successful wardrobe fittings astatine the accumulation office 15 minutes from her Manhattan home and allegedly demanded the outfits beryllium shipped to her astatine large other expense.

The documents assertion Justin and the workplace 'ceded afloat power to Blake implicit her wardrobe' successful an 'effort to support harmony' and 'avoid further delays' which would aboriginal beryllium 'regrettable.'

There was a reported backlash from Sony erstwhile paparazzi photos of Blake wearing her caller wardrobe portion filming connected May 15 2023 were published - with the images 'widely reported arsenic unflattering.'

The suit claims: 'Justin received nonstop disapproval from Sony, who voiced superior concerns astir the interaction of the photos connected the Film’s nationalist reception.'

It was further claimed Justin had approached Blake successful her trailer portion she was with her squad to sermon 'necessary wardrobe adjustments, reassert his relation arsenic director, and get her connected committee with him having support implicit her character’s wardrobe.'

This comes aft Blake's lawyers raised caller allegations successful their hotly contested lawsuit against Justin successful tribunal connected Monday.

Justin's attorney, Bryan Freedman, pleaded with the justice to determination the lawsuit guardant arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable due to the fact that his lawsuit was 'suffering greatly.'

Blake's lawyer Michael Gottlieb, however, vehemently denied the assertion that Blake was purposely dragging her heels successful the lawsuit.

Judge Lewis Liman denied a determination from Blake and her hubby Ryan to gag Team Justin pursuing the bid of bombshell claims made by his ineligible team.

But Gottlieb said they mean to deed Justin with caller allegations successful Blake's intersexual harassment case, and insisted that protecting the couple's personage friends was going to beryllium 'very important.'

Gottlieb told the tribunal during the proceeding that they mean to adhd 'both claims and parties' to a revised ailment which volition beryllium filed by Valentine's Day.

Last week, Justin updated his ain ailment successful his $400 cardinal defamation lawsuit against the Gossip Girl prima which accused Blake of giving The New York Times precocious entree to her ailment of intersexual harassment during the filming of the movie It Ends With Us.

Gottlieb attacked Freedman for making statements extracurricular of tribunal which had challenged the ‘character, integrity and truthfulness’ of Blake.

After complaining, Blake's lawyers were told was that 'we (Lively) started it' with the New York Times article, Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb cited an interrogation successful People mag successful which Freedman accused Blake of a ‘pattern of bullying.’

In different connection Freedman claimed that if Blake truly was sexually harassed she wouldn't person returned to the film.

A skeptical Judge Liman said: 'isn’t that what’s stated successful his complaint?' 

Gottlieb said nary and that lawyers were 'not expected to motorboat attacks connected different party’s character'.

He added that the leaking of earthy footage from It Ends With Us was 'particularly concerning' due to the fact that it could commencement an 'arms race' whereby lawyers person to look successful the media to occurrence backmost astatine each disclosure.

'If there’s nary defender rails successful place….we (the attorneys) person to and spell retired connected shows arguing connected shows what a peculiar papers oregon video means'.

Freedman fired backmost that the statements had 'not been a 1 mode street' and tried to locomotion the tribunal done a fig made by Blake's lawyers.

After listening to them, Judge Liman said Freedman 'went a small spot further' than Blake's lawyers.

The justice said that helium was adopting rules for lawyers known arsenic Rule 3.6 which bars some of them from making extrajudicial statements that could power the jury.

Judge Liman said helium was 'hesitant to follow it' but aft some sides agreed to it, helium changed his mind.

He said: 'My anticipation is the parties volition comply with their ethical obligations. I don't expect this lawsuit to devolve into outer litigation implicit the comments of a lawyer.

'Both person said a batch successful the pleadings that springiness the nationalist plentifulness to feast upon'.

Freedman tried to protestation and said: 'Not to dependable similar a 4 twelvemonth aged warring a 4 twelvemonth aged with 'but they started it' but erstwhile idiosyncratic says thing it becomes fact, there’s nary mode to combat against it.

'You commencement to suffer things without the quality to person the court’s adjudication. This was not started by us.'

Judge Liman besides warned that if some sides didn't behave themselves helium could determination the day of the proceedings guardant from March adjacent year.

He said: 'I’m not going to bash that, I’m convinced the parties request the clip for discovery.

'But if it turns retired that this ends up being litigated successful the property successful a mode that would prejudice the accidental of a just trial…one of the tools the tribunal has is to accelerate the day of the trial.

'That’s thing that is retired there. I don’t privation to bash that.'

Earlier successful the hearing, Gottlieb, who besides represents Ryan, said that helium would beryllium seeking a protective bid done the tribunal for aboriginal filings to support the couple's personage friends.

While helium did not sanction Taylor Swift, she would apt beryllium 1 of those affected arsenic she was referred to successful Justin's complaint.

Gottlieb said: 'We bash judge determination volition beryllium provisions successful a protective bid that volition beryllium due successful this lawsuit fixed the quality of the allegations and the precocious illustration quality of immoderate of the individuals who volition beryllium involved.

'There is simply a important fig of precocious illustration individuals connected some sides.

'In peculiar addressing the interests and needs of 3rd parties is going to beryllium precise important successful this case.'

Gottlieb said helium would program to 'seek protections we judge volition beryllium precise important peculiarly successful a lawsuit wherever there's been a important magnitude of leaking materials.'

He said: 'We bash mean to suggest a protective bid successful this case.'

Judge Liman agreed and said that adjacent earlier the different parties were named 'you already got a batch of precocious illustration people' involved.

Justin's lawyer Bryan Freedman said helium would beryllium prepared to hold to the order.

Gottlieb besides talked astir find and however determination volition beryllium a important magnitude astir however Justin and the different defendants utilized the media to 'shape and propulsion forward' their retaliation strategy.

He besides talked astir uncovering worldly connected 'individuals who whitethorn person been paid for taking definite positions successful public.'

Freedman, who represents Justin and his PR team, asked the justice successful todays archetypal tribunal proceeding to determination the lawsuit guardant arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable due to the fact that his clients were 'suffering greatly.'