Just In: IEWU Crew Member Claims Blake Lively Tried to ‘Take Power’ from Justin Baldoni: ‘I Hope the Truth Comes Out’…see more

Spencer recalled how Baldoni recruited her to work on the movie, and said that she joined the drama in part because she felt Baldoni cared “a lot about the vision of what we’re trying to do here and [he was] not in it for fame.”

Spencer is credited with work in the art departments of 10 television series and movies dating back to 2019.

“I feel like maybe Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weakness and tried to take advantage and take power,” she told 60 Minutes Australia of how she thinks the situation between Lively, 37, and Baldoni developed on set.

When asked whether she thought Lively “wrestled control of the film” away from Baldoni, she said, “I think she tried to, yes.” “Probably, yeah,” she added, when asked if she felt like Lively succeeded in that task. “I think there was a massive compromise in terms of Justin’s original vision for the film.”

A representative for Lively did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. In Baldoni’s complaint, he claims two different edits of It Ends With Us emerged during production, one overseen by Baldoni, and one commissioned by Lively, who would later gain a producer credit as her version ultimately became the final film.

During the promotion of the film, Lively and others expressed how she had a hand in many aspects of the movie’s final product.