Forward of Blake Energetic sitting for her deposition this week in her high-stakes authorized battle towards Justin Baldoni, the embattled “It Ends WIth Us” director has obtained a shocking message of help, each for his work ethic and for his books exploring male fragility and essentially the most wholesome and honorable option to be “man enough.”
“I’m so proud of Justin Baldoni because God, he’s written two wonderful books on being a man and being courteous and teaching boys not to fear their fears — and now he’s directed three movies,” James Brolin, 84, the veteran star of TV and movie, mentioned in an interview with Individuals.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 09: Actor/filmmaker and VOS Honoree, Justin Baldoni speaks onstage on the Very important Voices twelfth Annual Voices of Solidarity Awards at IAC Constructing on December 09, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Bryan Bedder/Getty Pictures for Very important Voices World Partnership)
Brolin, who’s married to Barbra Streisand and is the daddy of actor Josh Brolin, is referring to Baldoni’s “Man Enough” e book initiatives and panel discussions, which discover feminine empowerment, marriage, fatherhood and redefining masculinity.
So how does Brolin even know Baldoni properly sufficient to talk about his character?
After Brolin grew to become well-known for taking part in the younger, hotshot physician on the Seventies TV collection “Marcus Welby: MD,” he tried his hand at directing whereas persevering with to behave in TV reveals and films. In 2011, he directed a 27-year-old Baldoni within the quick “heartwarming” household movie, “Royal Reunion,” by which he additionally starred. A number of years later, Baldoni bought his massive break by co-starring with Gina Rodriguez within the CW satirical melodrama, “Jane the Virgin.”
Whereas directing Baldoni, Brolin mentioned the younger actor and aspiring director “asked so many questions, he was so helpful.” Very quickly after that, Brolin mentioned, “This guy’s directing his own stuff.”
Brolin admitted he didn’t know all of the ins and outs of Baldoni’s authorized battle with Energetic, which has gripped Hollywood and the world of popular culture over the previous 12 months. Subsequent month would be the first anniversary of the discharge of “It Ends With Us,” the home violence drama starring Energetic as a florist who turns into concerned in an abusive marriage with a good-looking physician, performed by Baldoni.
Throughout the launch of the movie, the general public grew to become conscious of a bitter, on-set feud between Energetic and Baldoni that came about throughout the movie’s manufacturing. The “Gossip Girl” actor filed a lawsuit, accusing Baldoni, her co-star and director, of sexual harassment and of working along with his co-producers and publicists to launch a media smear marketing campaign towards her. Baldoni denied the sexual harassment and smear marketing campaign allegations and countersued, alleging that she and her mega-star husband, Ryan Reynolds, defamed him and tried to grab management of the film he spent years growing.
Baldoni’s allegations of defamation and extortion have been later dismissed, however the warring former co-stars are set to go to trial in March 2026 in New York Metropolis, and attorneys for each events say they plan to testify.
