although Blake Lively’s new movie It all ends with us It’s a story of love, loss, pain and hope – and nothing but true love and joy in her real-life friendships with her co-stars. Jenny Slater.
Lively and Slate sat down with ET’s Rachel Smith in New York on Sunday to promote their new romance dramathe two had nothing but kind words and support for the bond they formed during filming.
“I love Jenny so much, she’s my rock in so many ways,” Lively, 36, exclaims. “She was full of love and light, but she was also down to earth.”
For Lively, she connected with Slater because they both “really love our personal lives and love our jobs.”
“We love our jobs, we take it very, very seriously, we work very, very, very hard, and we are totally immersed in our work – but who we are is defined by our personal lives, not us The job,” Lively explains, “is that we can do both at the same time.
“When you’re working, sometimes you feel guilty for not being involved in your personal life during work hours,” Lively said. With husband Ryan Reynolds, she has four children. — Daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, and son Orin, 1.
At the same time, the slate, Have a 3 year old daughterAda, and her Husband, author Ben Shattuck.
“I fell deeply in love with her,” Slater said of Lively and their time on set. “Obviously, I’ve admired Blake for so long… [she’s] So fresh, so detail-oriented, so prepared – knowing, like, which page on the script something is happening on. She’d say, ‘Well, I get it, but she didn’t really find that out until page 96…'”
Slater gushed about not only getting the chance to star opposite Lively, but also becoming a close friend when the cameras weren’t rolling.
“[She’s a] Someone who is very trustworthy and willing to share. We had a long conversation,” Slater recalled.
I never thought I would have such an offset experience.
“I’m really eager to work with Blake, but to actually make a friend, someone who’s so capable in so many ways – like, like a real winner… I’m so grateful for this lovely guy,” Slater added with a smile.
It all ends with us – Adapted from Colleen Hoover’s Novel of the same name– Follow flower shop owner Lily Bloom Her relationship with boyfriend Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) becomes unstable when her first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Skrennar), reappears. “Slate” stars Alyssa Kincaid, Lily’s best friend and Lyle’s sister.
It all ends with us Releases August 9th.
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