For one, there’s a bunch of annoying commentary about how the film might be affected by Blake Lively’s legal woes. As you know, she’s currently suing her It Ends with Us costar Justin Baldoni for alleged sexual harassment. He has vehemently denied her claims and responded with his own lawsuit.
There’s also baseless speculation that Blake is feuding with her costar, Anna Kendrick, even though the movie’s director said that was loud and “wrong.”
Now, Sharon Stone has people talking after claiming she was booted off the film.
Writing below an Instagram reel about the movie yesterday, Sharon said, “I LOVED being cast and removed from my role unexpectedly for no reason at all.”
You knew it would only be a matter of time before somebody responded and today, People shared remarks from a source close to the production, who claimed Sharon was actually “never cast” in the movie.
According to the insider, director Paul Feig had talked to Sharon about potentially appearing in the film, “but the financials didn’t work out.”
“As often is the case, the budgets didn’t align,” the source said. “No one was dropped from a role. There was interest, as often is the case with movies, and budgets didn’t align. That’s how benign it is.”
They noted, “You have to be cast before you’re dropped,” before adding, “She was never cast.”
Y-I-K-E-S. Well, I’ll be over here waiting to see if Sharon or anyone else responds to this. In the meantime, we’ve reached out to her reps for comment.