Wardrobe Issues Pre-Production (feb 1, 2023 – may 1, 2023)

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"Lively overstepped these boundaries, sidelining the production’s costume designer—a seasoned professional with a longstanding working relationship with Lively."

"52. Ignoring the director’s vision for her character and disregarding the weeks spent by the entire team shopping and thoughtfully crafting her wardrobe in preparation for filming, Lively would send hundreds of images to the Film’s costume designer during all hours of the evening, pointing them in the direction of the appearance she wanted for her character. The costume designer then had to re-shop her wardrobe, far exceeding the allocated budget and diverting time and resources. At one
point Lively insisted that her character “had money” and could afford $5,000 shoes, which had Baldoni rethinking the entire script that had been being worked on for well over a year and had been approved by both studios. "

"53. Lively also several times refused to participate in wardrobe fittings at the production
office, a mere fifteen minutes away from Lively’s Tribeca residence. Instead, she insisted the costume department pack up the wardrobe department and deliver all her wardrobe items to her. Loading the wardrobe department on trucks and delivering them to Lively’s residence for fittings added both time to the production schedule and expense to the Film - two things productions work hard to avoid with careful planning. These demands were never mentioned at the contract negotiation phase and therefore were not included in the budget. Lively, herself having a further obligation to the studios as an Executive Producer, paid no mind to the budget and the months of planning that had already occurred. "

(see page 42-44)

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