Ryan Reynolds once publicly reminded his The Proposal co-star Sandra Bullock of the moment where things got 'unstuck' while filming an intimate scene together.
The Canadian actor simply wished the actress a happy birthday in July 2023 through a humorous post on social media, but nearly two years on, the playful message has resurfaced as a suggested dig towards Justin Baldoni.
In case you forgot, there's a fierce legal battle going on between Reynolds' wife, Blake Lively, and her It Ends with Us co-star, Baldoni.
The issues began during the production of the 2024 romance film, resulting in Lively suing Baldoni, who was also the film's director, of sexual harassment and orchestrating a 'social manipulation' campaign against her.
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In response, Baldoni sued Lively, Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane on multiple charges, including defamation.
While both sides have denied all the claims made, a court date of 9 March, 2026, has been set.
Somehow, some way, Bullock has been dragged into the crossfire - sort of.
In the playful birthday post in question, Reynolds wrote: "Happy Birthday to the inimitable and stunning Sandra Bullock!
"For your birthday this year, I got us both intimacy coordinators. And an HR department. And clothing?"
This post was coupled with a video of the pair in a scene from The Proposal, which sees Bullock's character unknowingly fall on top of Reynolds while both are butt-naked.
While it looked like a bit of banter at the time, the comments have aged like milk, with many fans drawing similarities to the Lively-Baldoni lawsuit.
People remembered that Lively demanded for an intimacy coordinator to be on-set of It Ends with Us at all times, as part of the 30 demands that she made to Baldoni mid-production.
It read: "No more improvising of kissing. All intimate touch must be choreographed in advance with Blake Lively and an intimacy coordinator. No biting or sucking of lip without Blake Lively’s consent. All intimate on camera touch and conversation must be ‘in character’, not spoken from Justin Baldoni to Blake Lively personally.
"An intimacy coordinator must be present at all times when Blake Lively is on set in scenes with Justin Baldoni."
But while this was to do with saucy scenes, there wasn't much risqué business when it came to Bullock and Reynolds, as their characters barely like each other at the time of the accidental nude coming-together.
Recalling how the scene played out, Oscar-winner Bullock said: "You have things covering up your essential parts but they get unstuck.
"And, oddly enough, we didn't care because we were so tired. Ann was like, 'Sandra, your vagina is hanging out. Cover it up.' I'm like, 'Oh, sorry, sorry.'
"And the crew would be like, 'Jeez, her nipple is showing.'
"They weren't titillated, they were unhappy because they knew we had to retake the shot.
"They're like, 'We want to go to lunch. Cover the nip.' So that's pretty much how the day went," she candidly admitted.
Calling the nudity 'appropriate' for the title, she added: "The big thing was that it was funny. And the only way it could be funny was if you saw my whole body.
"Ann Fletcher, the director, was amazing in how she choreographed it because we knew we couldn't show anything too explicit."
Bullock went on: "I had a little bit more area to cover than Ryan did, so it was a little trickier for me.
"But I can talk about Ryan's penis if you want. I mean if I looked like him, I'd be naked all the time."
Talk about a not-so-subtle compliment.
She insisted that she would only get naked for a scene that was both humiliating and funny, claiming: "You will not see me trying to attempt being sexy naked—in real life or onscreen."
Topics: Blake Lively, Celebrity, Film, Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Social Media, Justin Baldoni
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