Brandon Sklenar on March 2, 2025; Justin Baldoni on Aug. 6, 2024.Photo:Daniele Venturelli/Getty; John Nacion/Variety via Getty
Daniele Venturelli/Getty; John Nacion/Variety via Getty
Brandon Sklenaris setting the record straight about wearing the same pin asJustin Baldoniearlier this month.
When the1923star stepped out for the 2025Vanity FairOscar Party on March 2, he accessorized his look with a floral brooch. “Long live the (brooch),” hewroteon Instagram, sharing photos of his outfit.
“That was a total happenstance,” the actor, 34, added. “I woke up in the morning and saw an article and I was like, ‘Oh, damn.’ I literally had no idea. I had an idea I wanted to wear like a floral brooch of some kind and that was the color that I liked the best. And, lo and behold, someone also wore that prior to me wearing it.”
Sklenar told PEOPLE of working withWhite Lotusalum Fahy, 34, “It helps if you have a real relationship and you really vibe with the people you’re working with and you can have a good time. We had a really, really good time making this movie. I think you can feel it in the movie.”
Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar in “Drop”.Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures
Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures
Blake Lively, Sklenar’s otherIt Ends With Uscostar, alsoopened her latest film,Another Simple Favor, at SXSW, attending the festival in Austin, Texas on Friday, March 7.
In December,Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, accusing him and others of sexual harassmentand a retaliatory smear campaign, which he denies. Baldoni countersued Lively, her husbandRyan Reynoldsand their publicist in January, alleging defamation and extortion.
Heresponded, “It’s a tough situation. I just hope everyone remembers what the movie is about and why we made it in the first place. It’s about love. It’s about supporting women in general and helping people through tough times.”
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The actor, who played Lively’s onscreen love interest inIt Ends With Us,added that the movie has “helped so many people.” Said Sklenar, “I just want people to remember what it’s about, why we made it, and to kinda keep it on that. That kind of, like, core ethos, you know what I mean?”
Dropis in theaters April 11.
source: people.com
