Blake Lively is fighting against Justin Baldoni's request for dismissal. Lively, 38, and her legal team filed a letter on Thursday, March 12, citing a recent federal appeals court ruling that allegedly proves her lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar and director should not be dismissed. (Lively played Lily in the 2024 film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's book, which Baldoni also starred in and directed.) The U.S.