(NewsNation) — The “nice guy” in Hollywood may not be so nice after all.
Ryan Reynolds has long enjoyed a stellar reputation as a “good guy,” but with the advent of the “It Ends With Us” lawsuit he and his wife, Blake Lively, brought against the movie’s producer, director and co-star, Justin Baldoni, that facade is starting to slip.
Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit takes on Ryan Reynolds with Blake Lively
The first shot over the bow came when Baldoni, in his lawsuit against Reynolds and Lively, accused the “Deadpool” star of becoming unhinged in a meeting. Baldoni claims Reynolds “berated” him during a heated meeting at the couple’s home, where Reynolds “aggressively” accused Baldoni of a string of offenses against his wife, including “fat-shaming” her.
According to the lawsuit: “Baldoni and producers arrived eager to discuss plans for the next day’s filming, prepared with their production materials. Instead, they were blindsided by Lively and Reynolds, who presented a list of grievances that were both unanticipated and troubling.
“Reynolds launched into a tirade, berating Baldoni in what Baldoni later described as a ‘traumatic’ encounter, stating he had ‘never been spoken to like that in his life.’
“‘When Baldoni resisted apologising for what he had not done, Reynolds became further enraged. Everyone, including the producer Lively had asked production to engage and a representative of Sony that was in attendance, left that ‘meeting’ in shock. The producer offered that in his 40-year career he had never seen anyone speak to someone like that.”
[Reynolds denies he screamed at Baldoni].
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‘Deadpool’ co-star says Ryan Reynolds was ‘horrifically mean’
Soon after Baldoni’s lawsuit went public, an interview with TJ Miller, Reynolds’ “Deadpool” co-star, was unearthed.
The interview, with Adam Carolla’s podcast, took place two years ago, and in it, Miller accused Reynolds of being “horrifically mean” during a “Deadpool 2” shoot and recalled Reynolds telling him: “Know what’s great about you, Weasel? You’re not the star, but you do just enough exposition that it’s funny, and then we can leave and get back to the real movie.”
T.J. said at the time, “Would I work with him again? No. I would not work with him again.”
(Miller has since said the two have made up).
And then this week, two more damaging interviews came out.
Matthew Lawrence on Ryan Reynolds
Matthew Lawrence, who starred with Reynolds in “Boltneck” (1998), said Reynolds had “creative differences” issues with the Oscar-nominated producers and directors of the movie.
Lawrence, on his “Brotherly Love Podcast,” said: “(Reynolds would) walk out — just kind of wanted to do his thing, and the producers would get really upset.”
“They even told him, ‘Ryan, this is a bad Jim Carrey impersonation. This is not what we hired you to do. You can’t impersonate somebody. You gotta do your own thing.’”
Reynolds was “upset” over the criticism and would only say: “I’m doing my thing.”
In “Boltneck,” Lawrence played a “science nerd” named Frank Stein, who revives Reynolds’ character’s corpse after he’s killed by a pair of bullies. He claimed the producers wanted the film to mirror a sci-fi thriller like “Donnie Darko,” but Reynolds was “trying to ‘Deadpool’” the script.
“There was this major pull between one of the lead actors … so that is what my experience with Ryan Reynolds was. … He obviously matured as a human being.”
