Blake Lively appeared briefly.
The 37-year-old actress attended the world premiere of her upcoming film, “Another Simple Favor” at the South by Southwest Film & Television Festival in Austin, Texas amid a continuing legal battle with Justin Bardoni.
She was brought to life with Anna Kendrick seven years ago with her first thriller/comedy, “A Simple Above.”
Director Paul Feig previously revealed that Lively will already be joining the cast's “most” at Friday's festival.
“Breaks are the biggest,” said the filmmaker, 62. Variety Thursday.
“I couldn't love her more,” Feig gushed. “She's a dream to work with. She's a great collaborator. She has great ideas and it's open to everyone's ideas. She's a professional.”
This is her second appearance on Lively on SXSW since the start of her legal battle with 41-year-old Baldoni.
Last month, she and her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, walked the 50th anniversary red carpet of “SNL” just before the “Deadpool & Wolverine” actor joked about the “It'll end with us” saga during the live broadcast that night.
In a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were asked by a star-studded audience at Studio 8H, the 53-year-old Poehler called out Reynolds, who was sitting next to the show.
“Ryan Reynolds, how are you doing?” asked the “Parking and Recreation” star.
Reynolds said: “Why? What have you heard?”
A few days before Lively attended SXSW, she and Reynolds asked the judge to protect the message with Baldoni and his spokesperson's “famous” friends.
“It'll end with us,” the director released a text exchange between him and him earlier this year, referring to her best friend, Taylor Swift.
The “Gossip Girl” alumni had called singer 35 to the “Jane the Billigin” star and Halesi from “Game of Thrones” and Reynolds and Swift “My Dragon” in each Bardoni lawsuit.
“If I could see Game of Thrones, I would appreciate that I am Khaleesi and that I happen to have some dragons, like her.”
“For better or worse, but usually it gets better,” read another suspected message. “My dragons protect the people I fight, too. So we really all benefit from my gorgeous monsters. You will, too, I can promise you.”
During the virtual hearing, the couple's lawyers asked Judge Lewis Liman to allow prominent Lively people to view texts with prominent people working on “It It Endy.”
However, the name of who will be shielded has not been revealed.
Bardoni's lawyer, Brian Friedman, called the proposal “unnecessary” and “an attack that everyone suggests to ignore protection orders.”
Friedman added that Lively and Reynolds' plans will be treated differently from others who are “celebrities” and “strong people in the industry.”
Lively originally sued Baldoni for $250 million in December and launched a smear campaign after talking about sexually harassing and alleged abuse while filming.
Bardoni, who co-starred and directed the film, denied her accusations, and he and his spokesperson rebutted Vibrant and Reynolds for $400 million, claiming she slandered and forced them.
The case is scheduled for trial in March 2026.
