After social media latched onto the theory that It ends with us director and co-lead Justin Baldoni inspired “Nicepool” in Deadpool and WolverineTo the point that the actor’s legal team, led by Bryan Freedman, looked into the matter from the outset, there is now a new attack on Ryan Reynolds’ wife, Blake Lively, who was featured in the film as Ladypool. This time, Baldoni’s team brings Marvel’s Kevin Feige and Disney’s Bob Iger into the fray.
According to Variety, Baldoni’s lawyers are using the accusation as grounds to issue a litigation hold letter calling on Disney and Marvel Studios to preserve “documents and data” regarding Baldoni and “Nicepool.”
During the Deadpool and Wolverine And It ends with us During press tours, the rift between Baldoni and Lively (who starred alongside Baldoni in the Baldoni-directed film) became fraught with public shots at each other over visibly creative differences. All of this led Lively to file a lawsuit against Baldoni last December over allegations of misconduct on the set of their drama; SO, Baldoni counterattacked both Lively and the New York Times alleging that the actress and the newspaper deliberately misinterpreted the leaked texts to support Lively’s case.
The special moments of Deadpool and Wolverine that echo Lively’s claims against Baldoni include Nicepool’s lines about Ladypool “getting back” into shape after having a baby and following up with “It’s okay, I identify as a feminist” – since Baldoni touts her feminist status in her podcast. A deleted scene in Deadpool and Wolverine also saw Nicepool refer to a feminist podcast; that last scene in particular helped the “Baldoni is Nicepool?” the theory goes viral.
The dispute letter submitted by Baldoni’s team asks Marvel and Disney to retain “all documents relating to the development of the character of ‘Nicepool'” in addition to “communications relating to the development, writing and filming of the storylines and scenes featuring “Nicepool”. ” and ” all material relating to or reflecting a deliberate attempt to mock, harass, ridicule, intimidate or intimidate Baldoni through the persona of “Nicepool”. Variety notes that the letter it viewed was dated January 7; Amid the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, little has changed on that front, with neither side having commented on the matter since.
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