Anna Kendrick addresses Blake Energetic’s authorized drama throughout premiere
Anna Kendrick had the proper comeback when a pink carpet reporter tried to stir the pot about her co-star Blake Energetic’s authorized drama.
Kendrick, 39, and Energetic, 37, as soon as once more teamed up for the sequel to their 2018 comedy crime-thriller A Easy Favor.
The sequel, One other Easy Favor, had its premiere on the SXSW Movie Competition in Austin, Texas on Friday (March 7).
In what seemed to be a nod to her co-star’s broadly publicized drama, a journalist requested Kendrick a obscure query. They inquired: : “How do you feel that the movie is being impacted by everything going on… in the world?”
The Pitch Good star laughed it off, performed dumb, and flashed a smile and responded: “Why? What happened? I did Ayahuasca and the last year of my life has just gone, but I’ve heard the movie is amazing!”
A clip of the second has gone viral on social media, with followers praising Kendrick for her “Oscar-worthy dodge” of the query.
One person wrote: “Anna Kendrick mastering the art of saying a lot without saying anything at all,” whereas one other one stated that it the “best response” she might have given.
“She’s a freakn’ national treasure,” defined a 3rd one.
Nonetheless, Blake Energetic is true now in the midst of a extremely public authorized battle along with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, and the drama started in December when she sued him for sexual assault and accused him of launching a smear marketing campaign towards her.