UPDATE — 4/15/25, at 2:49 ET: Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick stepped out in all-black outfits for Another Simple Favor.
Lively donned a black blazer with a floor-length skirt, styling her hair in loose waves, while Kendrick wowed in a black lace dress with a cutout at the midline.
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Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick stepped out in London to promote their upcoming film, Another Simple Favor.
The pair posed for photos at the Corinthia Hotel, with Lively, 37, rocking a black Chanel cardigan with gold trim and a black skirt. She paired the look with dark tights, knee-high black boots and a gold Chanel bag, styling her hair in loose curls that were pulled back into a black ribbon.
Kendrick, for her part, stunned in a red vest with gold buttons and matching skirt from Rixo London. Kendrick, 39, wore her hair in loose curls and completed the outfit with gold Christian Louboutin heels, earrings by Gabriel & Co. as well as several rings by Retrouvai, EF Collection and Octavia Elizabeth.
The twosome threw their arms around director Paul Feig and costars Laura Fischer and Henry Golding as they smiled in front of the London Eye.
Lively and Kendrick’s promotion for Another Simple Favor, the sequel to 2018’s A Simple Favor, comes amid the Gossip Girl alum’s ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni. In 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and attempting to ruin her reputation. Baldoni denied all allegations and filed a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds and Leslie Sloane. Lively, Reynolds and Sloane have all filed motions to be removed. The legal battle is ongoing and scheduled to go to trial in 2026.
After teaming up with Lively again, Kendrick dodged multiple questions about collaborating with her. When asked on the red carpet of the March SXSW premiere what it was like to work with Lively again, Kendrick quipped to Entertainment Tonight, “Oh, you know.”
Lively, meanwhile, was asked a similar question about Kendrick and gushed over her costar. “Oh, it’s the best!” she said. “I’m so happy to be here.”
Kendrick was also asked by Variety about her thoughts on Another Simple Favor being “impacted” by what’s “going on in the world,” to which she deadpanned, “Why? What happened? I did ayahuasca and the last year of my life has been gone. But I hear the movie is amazing.”
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Despite rumors that Kendrick and Lively did not get along while working together on A Simple Favor, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that there “aren’t any issues” between them now. The insider noted that both Kendrick and Lively “really love” the sequel and noted that they were “disappointed to see all the hate online” after the movie’s poster was released. The source shared that Kendrick and Lively “want fans to focus on the film and not any outside drama.”
Another Simple Favor director Feig shut down rumors after a YouTuber claimed Kendrick and Lively were allegedly uncomfortable together attending the premiere of the film.
“I just reported on Blake being terrified to walk the carpet as Anna is pissed and never wants to work with her again,” a social media user claimed in March, to which Feig replied via X, “Um … you’re wrong.”
Another Simple Favor premieres May 1 on Prime Video.
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