Blake Lively

Go for it, girl.

Listen to me, Blake Lively. Tap out. Tap out. Call Uncle right now. Please take my advice.

I would show up on a set. I knew that they just wanted me to show up and look cute and stand on a little pink sticker where I'm supposed to go and say what I'm supposed to say.

But I also knew that like that wasn't fulfilling for me, that I wanted to be a part of the storytelling, that I wanted to be a part of the narrative, whether that be in the writing, in the costume design, in creating the character. And sometimes I had directors or producers or writers who would welcome that and invite that once they saw that I was able to offer that.

And sometimes I would have people who really resented that because they were like, we just hired you to be an actor. Yet when I went in the meetings, I would just seem like I'm just there to be the actor and ready to get the gig. I wouldn't reveal that I actually need to have authorship in order to feel fulfilled.

So I think that for them, sometimes that might've felt like a rug pull because you're like, you're trying to assert yourself into something that we didn't hire you to do. And so it was a really strange position to be in because I felt like, I don't want to just be an actor. I want to have more authorship.

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Wait, so am I blaming my husband for my character?

That's always awkward. You're like, hey, hi, nice to meet you. Can I grab your neck?

Not because I want to, because I feel like she would.

Yeah, and that was my hint for the hat to Baby Jane Hudson.

He's bending on the beach at the end.

Good aviation American gin again? Wow. Shameless.

Hey, when I want your opinion, I'll take it.

Ryan's here tonight. What is it like for the both of you to be promoting major motion pictures at the same time? Oh my gosh, it's just so thrilling in our house right now. We help each other, we work together so much. The iconic rooftop scene in this movie, my husband actually wrote it. Nobody knows that but you know. But he wrote it. He works on everything I do. I work on everything he does.

So his wins, his celebrations are mine and mine are his. I mean, he's all over this film.

What happens in the third one? We're not joking. Capri and Rome, honestly. So Paul, we really wanted to make this second movie, and I was like, Paul, he wanted to shoot in Capri, and I was like, that sounds amazing, but it's very expensive, and let's just shoot in Connecticut. That's where the first one took place. I didn't understand why it needed to be Capri, and now... I want to live there.

I love it so much. They serve you ice cream and lemons. And it's just magical. And they sell hats. That crazy beautiful hat was just a hat in a store. Humans buy that.

That's the test. I say, yeah, one, two.

Well, it's not every day the mother-in-law of the leading lady gets to interview the love interest and the man trying to replace my sweet little gummy bear, Ryan. Let's dive in, shall we? I don't feel very comfortable asking this question.

Call me Blake. I could blow your f***ing mind, dog.

So I saw you posing in a photo with Mrs. Reynolds. And I'm sorry, what do you call her? Do you guys have a nickname or something? Okay, no. Just so it's Mrs. Okay.

Right.

It's just as important to say, okay, I believe in this and that's why I'm standing up for it and that's why I'm not being difficult. And then there are other moments to go like, am I the in the room? Like, what is happening here? I would show up on a set.

I knew that they just wanted me to show up and look cute and stand on a little pink sticker where I'm supposed to go and say what I'm supposed to say. But I also knew that that wasn't fulfilling for me, that I wanted to be a part of the storytelling, that I wanted to be a part of the narrative, whether that be in the writing, in the costume design, in creating the character.

And sometimes I had directors or producers or writers who would welcome that and invite that once they saw that I was able to offer that. And sometimes I would have people who really resented that because they were like, we just hired you to be an actor. Yet when I went in the meetings, I would just seem like I'm just there to be the actor and ready to get the gig.

I wouldn't reveal that I actually need to have authorship in order to feel fulfilled. So I think that for them, sometimes that might have felt like a rug pull because you're like, you're trying to assert yourself into something that we didn't hire you to do. And so it was like, it was a really strange position to be in because I felt like, I want to just like be an actor.

Like I want to, you know, I want to, I want to have more authorship.

Yes, she did. Yeah, I know. I don't even know if I'm meant to be saying it, but I'm saying it. Yeah, she was a helpful part of the process of the audition, which I found out later after I got it, and that rocked my world.

I just want to be clear that you should not be the intimacy coordinator. You should definitely hire intimacy coordinators, which we did have.

You guys, we talked about our movie, Not At All. Thanks for joining us. In theaters August 9th.

The legal battle we've been paying a close eye on, this is between former co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

A flower shop.

I'm terrible. I'm sorry. I thought you were a crypto-pro.

Can you just listen to me, please? You promised me, Lily. I didn't know he was coming. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

The tea is piping hot. I mean, there's just so much currently being said about it ends with us.

It's a mess, so let's get into it.

Hello, Blake Lively here. Colleen Hoover. And It Ends With Us is in theaters now, so grab your friends, wear your florals, and head out to see it.

I would show up on a set. I knew that they just wanted me to show up and look cute and stand on a little pink sticker where I'm supposed to go and say what I'm supposed to say.

But I also knew that like that wasn't fulfilling for me, that I wanted to be a part of the storytelling, that I wanted to be a part of the narrative, whether that be in the writing and the costume design and creating the character. And sometimes I had directors or producers or writers who would welcome that and invite that once they saw that I was able to offer that.

And sometimes I would have people who really resented that because they were like, we just hired you to be an actor. Yet when I went in the meetings, I would just seem like I'm just there to be the actor and ready to get the gig. I wouldn't reveal that I actually need to have authorship in order to feel fulfilled.

So I think that for them, sometimes that might have felt like a rug pull because you're like, you're trying to assert yourself into something that we didn't hire you to do.

I think so.

You're being a badass. Right.

Dolores. Too many Ds. Housewives.

Our dogs.

Sure, yeah.

I should go back.

Can I see this like a movie poster? Are you in the movie poster? I think so.

Who's the guy?

Oh, fun.

He's a diva.

With the food socks?

No sleep.

No sleep? No sleep.

Wonderful.

OK.

Yeah.

Got a couple.