Brandon Sklenar Speaks Out About 'Silly' Negativity SurroundingIt Ends with UsCast Drama

Mar. 15, 2025

Brandon Sklenar on Sept. 5, 2024.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/GettyBrandon Sklenaris further addressing the negativity swirling around hisIt Ends With Uscostars.The actor, 34, spoke withAccessat the Ralph Lauren show in New York City on Sept. 5. When a reporter thanked him for thestatement he shared on Instagramlast month about negativity surrounding the recentColleen Hooveradaptation, Sklenar responded, “Thanks for saying that. I put that out and I was like, ‘Let’s see how this goes, I don’t know.’ ““It just seemed silly to me, just kind of defeating the whole purpose of the thing to spread any negativity,” he continued. “It’s an important film for so many women and so many survivors of domestic abuse and that’s what it’s all about, is making people feel heard and strong and loved.““So to project anything but that just seems counterintuitive,” he added. “I appreciate those people that appreciated it, for sure.“Colleen Hoover, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer and Blake Lively on June 15, 2024.Eric Charbonneau/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.UponIt Ends With Usdebuting in theaters last month, the internet swarmed with buzz aboutreports and rumors oftension betweenBlake Livelyand costar-directorJustin Baldoni. Plus, some took issue with the press tour’s approach to the movie, which deals with themes of domestic violence.Sklenar defended the women among the movie’s cast when he wrote on Instagram that “vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about.““It is, in fact, the opposite of the point,” he wrote at the time.“What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film,” he added in that post. “It’s been disheartening to see the amount of negativity being projected online.“Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar in It Ends With Us.Jojo WhildenSklenar also toldAccessabout his hopes that the movie’s cast can come back together to adapt Hoover’s 2022 sequelIt Starts With Us, which dives deeper into his character, Atlas.“Your guess is as good as mine at this point. I would love to do it, I really would,I would love to do it,” he said, when asked if a sequel will happen. “I hope we can get it together because I think the fans deserve it. And I’d just love to tell more of Atlas' story and get into his past a little more. Yeah, it would be beautiful if we can do it. I would love to.“It Ends With Usis in theaters now.

Brandon Sklenar on Sept. 5, 2024.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Brandon Sklenaris further addressing the negativity swirling around hisIt Ends With Uscostars.The actor, 34, spoke withAccessat the Ralph Lauren show in New York City on Sept. 5. When a reporter thanked him for thestatement he shared on Instagramlast month about negativity surrounding the recentColleen Hooveradaptation, Sklenar responded, “Thanks for saying that. I put that out and I was like, ‘Let’s see how this goes, I don’t know.’ ““It just seemed silly to me, just kind of defeating the whole purpose of the thing to spread any negativity,” he continued. “It’s an important film for so many women and so many survivors of domestic abuse and that’s what it’s all about, is making people feel heard and strong and loved.““So to project anything but that just seems counterintuitive,” he added. “I appreciate those people that appreciated it, for sure.“Colleen Hoover, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer and Blake Lively on June 15, 2024.Eric Charbonneau/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.UponIt Ends With Usdebuting in theaters last month, the internet swarmed with buzz aboutreports and rumors oftension betweenBlake Livelyand costar-directorJustin Baldoni. Plus, some took issue with the press tour’s approach to the movie, which deals with themes of domestic violence.Sklenar defended the women among the movie’s cast when he wrote on Instagram that “vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about.““It is, in fact, the opposite of the point,” he wrote at the time.“What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film,” he added in that post. “It’s been disheartening to see the amount of negativity being projected online.“Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar in It Ends With Us.Jojo WhildenSklenar also toldAccessabout his hopes that the movie’s cast can come back together to adapt Hoover’s 2022 sequelIt Starts With Us, which dives deeper into his character, Atlas.“Your guess is as good as mine at this point. I would love to do it, I really would,I would love to do it,” he said, when asked if a sequel will happen. “I hope we can get it together because I think the fans deserve it. And I’d just love to tell more of Atlas' story and get into his past a little more. Yeah, it would be beautiful if we can do it. I would love to.“It Ends With Usis in theaters now.

Brandon Sklenaris further addressing the negativity swirling around hisIt Ends With Uscostars.

The actor, 34, spoke withAccessat the Ralph Lauren show in New York City on Sept. 5. When a reporter thanked him for thestatement he shared on Instagramlast month about negativity surrounding the recentColleen Hooveradaptation, Sklenar responded, “Thanks for saying that. I put that out and I was like, ‘Let’s see how this goes, I don’t know.’ "

“It just seemed silly to me, just kind of defeating the whole purpose of the thing to spread any negativity,” he continued. “It’s an important film for so many women and so many survivors of domestic abuse and that’s what it’s all about, is making people feel heard and strong and loved.”

“So to project anything but that just seems counterintuitive,” he added. “I appreciate those people that appreciated it, for sure.”

Colleen Hoover, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer and Blake Lively on June 15, 2024.Eric Charbonneau/Getty

Eric Charbonneau/Getty

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UponIt Ends With Usdebuting in theaters last month, the internet swarmed with buzz aboutreports and rumors oftension betweenBlake Livelyand costar-directorJustin Baldoni. Plus, some took issue with the press tour’s approach to the movie, which deals with themes of domestic violence.

Sklenar defended the women among the movie’s cast when he wrote on Instagram that “vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about.”

“It is, in fact, the opposite of the point,” he wrote at the time.“What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film,” he added in that post. “It’s been disheartening to see the amount of negativity being projected online.”

Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar in It Ends With Us.Jojo Whilden

Jojo Whilden

Sklenar also toldAccessabout his hopes that the movie’s cast can come back together to adapt Hoover’s 2022 sequelIt Starts With Us, which dives deeper into his character, Atlas.

“Your guess is as good as mine at this point. I would love to do it, I really would,I would love to do it,” he said, when asked if a sequel will happen. “I hope we can get it together because I think the fans deserve it. And I’d just love to tell more of Atlas' story and get into his past a little more. Yeah, it would be beautiful if we can do it. I would love to.”

It Ends With Usis in theaters now.

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