Blake Lively Brings Down House At SXSW Premiere Of ‘Another Simple Favor', Says Pic 'Was Uncomfortable To Watch In This Theater'. Here's What She Meant…
Blake Lively said that Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig 'upped the ante' in the Amazon Studios MGM/Lionsgate sequel — and that's keeping the spoiler at bay.
However, watching herself — a lot of herself on screen at the Paramount Theatre, the actress said, 'It was uncomfortable to watch in this theater.' That's not a ding. You gotta see the movie on May 1 on Prime to see what she's talking about.
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In Another Simple Favor, Lively's Emily Nelson is not dead. She returns to visit Anna Kendrick's Stephanie Smothers, who is making a name for herself as an author of the calamities that ensued in A Simple Favor. Emily is getting married in Capri, Italy to mob-tied glamorous guy. She insists that Stephanie be her maid of honor, or else she'll sue her for not clearing her name and likeness which was used in her book. Chaos ensues.
Lively said on the first movie, A Simple Favor, Anna Kendrick and her were 'nervous' — they didn't know if Feig was making a drama or comedy. He would tell the actresses it was both.
On part duo, Feig wanted to shoot in Capri. After watching the movie, Lively says, 'Now, I want to live there! They serve ice cream in lemons!'
Feig's inspiration for setting the sequel in Capri came from the Paris Vogue editor's opulent wedding there.
Kendrick enjoyed reprising the earnest Stephanie. Her convo with the costume designer was that her character 'is addicted to not serving. Can I just not be very well dressed, but comfortable?' One of her signature wears in the film is a striped sweater.
Amazon MGM Studios once again is a force to be reckon with at SXSW, for in addition to this year's Another Simple Favor, they have The Accountant 2 tomorrow night. That Ben Affleck movie is getting a theatrical release on April 25.
Feig is also a frequent denizen of SXSW having world premiered his movies Bridesmaids and Spy down here in the past.
In regards to whether this audience has any idea of what the Lively-Justin Baldoni situation is — it doesn't seem to faze them in Austin. It's clear they loved the movie.
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