What Hollywood Stars Have Said About Kissing Blake Lively
Blake Lively is a permanent fixture on Hollywood's fashion A-list, but where does she land when it comes to kissing? Here's what a few of her romantic co-stars have to say about it.
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00:00Blake Lively is a permanent fixture on Hollywood's fashion A-list.
00:04But where does she land when it comes to kissing?
00:07Here's what a few of her romantic co-stars have to say about it.
00:11On August 9th, 2024, fans of Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel It Ends With Us
00:17finally got to see it hit the big screen, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni,
00:21who was also the film's director. And according to Baldoni, filming kissing
00:26scenes with Lively made him realize that her role as producer benefited the film in a big way.
00:31Speaking to Access Hollywood, Baldoni shared,
00:33There were many instances where I honestly just tried to let her take the lead,
00:37and especially when it came to intimacy."
00:41He added that Lively was not shy about offering her input,
00:45and he put his faith in her ideas when she told him what she wanted.
00:48Baldoni admitted it was important to him to be respectful of Lively's vision,
00:52which meant doing his part to ensure that what moviegoers see
00:55is a woman's perspective of the film's events. He explained,
00:59I didn't ever want my biases as a man to infiltrate or hurt the project in any way."
01:07Lively put her lips to work in the 2018 movie A Simple Favor.
01:11Her character's husband is played by Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding,
01:15which means she gets to make out with one of Hollywood's hottest zaddies.
01:19And Golding was excited about getting to kiss both Lively and Anna Kendrick in the movie.
01:24Let me tell you, they've got more chemistry than a science fair.
01:27He confessed to Film Inside,
01:29I had my little geek out moments. But as swoon-worthy as the smooches might appear on screen,
01:34they weren't quite as delightful to film.
01:36Golding pointed out that it was all witnessed by numerous crew members, explaining,
01:41It's the least romantic sort of situation.
01:44As for Kendrick, she told Pride Source her main concern when prepping for her kissing
01:48scene with Lively was making sure she didn't have bad breath in the moment.
01:52She shared that this is something her male co-stars usually fail to think about,
01:56but that Lively shared her enthusiasm for breath fresheners, quipping,
02:00So, we were the mintiest, freshest two people to have ever kissed in the history of America.
02:06Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's first date occurred long after they'd already kissed each
02:10other. They met on the set of The Green Lantern movie in 2010, but neither actor was looking for
02:15love. At the time, Lively was in a serious relationship with her Gossip Girl co-star,
02:20Penn Badgley, and Reynolds was still married to Scarlett Johansson. In a June 2011 interview
02:25with Channel 5, Reynolds is asked to rate Lively's kissing skills.
02:29I'd give it at least an 8.5.
02:328.5?
02:33Interestingly, Kendrick has kissed both Reynolds and Lively. Lively was married to Reynolds by the
02:38time he enthusiastically snogged Kendrick in the 2014 movie The Voices. When a fan took to
02:44Ex to ask Reynolds what the experience was like, he replied,
02:50However, when Access Hollywood asked Kendrick the same question,
02:53she had another very definite opinion.
02:56Who is the better kisser?
02:58Oh, Blake, for sure. She's an angel. She's an angel walking on this earth.
03:03And with that sweet compliment, Kendrick dispelled the rumors that her relationship
03:07with Lively was anything other than friendly.
03:10Badgley and Lively starred in Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012 and dated from 2007 to 2010,
03:18so they were in the painful position of having to continue working together after going through a
03:22breakup.
03:23I've waited my entire adolescent life for a date with this girl,
03:26and I decided to close the evening with a wave.
03:27Worse yet, their characters, Dan Humphrey and Serena Vanderwoodsen,
03:31were romantically involved on the show. When Badgley appeared on Watch What Happens Live
03:35in 2015, a caller asked,
03:41I'll say it was Blake because we actually had a relationship at the time.
03:43Right.
03:44And then the worst, maybe Blake after we broke up.
03:47Unfortunately, after the couple called it quits, it wasn't easy to go back to being
03:51co-workers who were just faking feelings for each other when the cameras were rolling.
03:55After saying he would consider a post-breakup lip lock with Lively his worst on-screen kiss,
04:00Badgley added,
04:01I think we should both pat ourselves on the back for getting through it.
04:05By the time Dan and Serena were getting hitched on Gossip Girl,
04:08Lively had already married Reynolds. And according to Badgley,
04:11he and Lively were on good terms when they filmed their wedding scene.
04:15Speaking on his podcast, Pod Crushed, he reflected,
04:18In my memory, there was not one bit of strangeness.
04:23When Lively was cast in the movie It Ends With Us at age 35,
04:27some fans of the book complained that she was too old to play florist Lily Bloom,
04:31a recent college grad. Lively had the opposite problem when she joined the cast of the 2006
04:36comedy Accepted about a high school graduate who creates a fake college.
04:41Co-star Justin Long was almost 30 when he was cast as the lead,
04:44while a 17-year-old Lively landed the role of his crush. During a Reddit AMA, Long confessed
04:50that the large age gap made pretending to be romantically interested in Lively uncomfortable,
04:55writing,
04:56I remember being a little creeped out by that kissing scene we had to do.
05:00If I was, God knows how creeped out she must have been by it.
05:03I was way too old to be playing a college freshman. Thanks, jeans!
05:07Apparently, Lively wasn't too creeped out because she invited Long to her big birthday
05:12bash when she turned 18. However, the party's Candyland theme may have made Long feel like
05:16the old man out again, as he recalled,
05:19There were cotton candy stations and chocolate fountains.
05:22While the Accepted cast was promoting the movie, Lively was dating actor Kelly Blatz.
05:27She referenced her relationship with Long in an interview with Moviehole, saying,
05:31My boyfriend in the film is a guy I had a crush on from like second grade.
05:35I was such a psycho around him.