Related: Blake Lively is out for revenge (or is she?) in explosive Another Simple Favor trailer. Kendrick reflected on reteaming with Lively in an interview with PEOPLE last month

That’s how we work. That’s how I’ve worked with every movie star ever,” Feig tells PEOPLE at the film’s premiere at SXSW

The past few months have seen Blake Lively embroiled in a legal battle with Justin Baldoni, who she worked with on the 2024 film It Ends with Us. Both Baldoni and Lively have leveled allegations against each other and continue to do so.