‘It Ends With Us’ actor Brandon Sklenar addresses online ‘negativity’ after backlash related to the film

“It Ends With Us” actor Brandon Sklenar is addressing the online discourse surrounding the release and promotion of the new movie.

“It Ends With Us” actor Brandon Sklenar is addressing the online discourse surrounding the release and promotion of the new movie. Sklenar posted a lengthy message on his Instagram page on Tuesday, writing that author Colleen Hoover, who penned the bestselling 2016 novel on which the film is based, and the women of the cast “stand for hope, perseverance, and for women choosing a better life for themselves.” “Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about,” he wrote. Reports of creative differences and tensions on set between the film’s star and co-executive producer Blake Lively and her co-star and director Justin Baldoni have plagued the film’s rollout, which Sklenar addressed head-on. “What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film. It’s been disheartening to see the amount of negativity being projected online,” Sklenar wrote. Attention has also been brought to how Lively and the movie’s promotional campaign has – or, in some cases, hasn’t – addressed the issue of domestic violence, a central plot element in the film.