apr 22, 2023 - Baldoni Contacts His Trainer on Lift Scene

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"April 22, 2023: In preparation for a lift sequence in which Baldoni’s character “Ryle” would lift Lively’s character “Lily”, Baldoni reached out to his personal trainer (a close friend of Lively’s) to ask what Lively weighed so that he could train his back muscles for the scene. This was important to avoid injury—not only to Baldoni, who has suffered from lifelong back injuries (multiple bulging disks and chronic pain)—but also to Lively, if the lift could not be completed successfully and safely. (script pages of the lift scene are included below). Lively, would later claim in her complaint that this scene did not exist, however as evidenced by the script pages and also a video in which Baldoni is rehearsing the scene with a body double the scene was very real. "

(see page 16)

Note that there is a part of the book where Lily is lifted up by Ryle.

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