Justin Baldoni on the December 4 episode of the How to Fail podcast, opened up about his experience directing and acting for It Ends With Us alongside Blake Lively. He mentioned that there were moments when he "would just have to leave" the set.
The actor opened up about playing the role of Ryle Kincaid, who is abusive towards Blake's character, Lily throughout their relationship. Justin Baldoni called the character "toxic" and talked about a scene where he finds the phone number of Atlas Corrigan in Lily's phone and has a violent episode.
‘He’s very jealous, and he’s heartbroken, and he’s angry, and he doesn’t harm her, but you can see in his eyes how dangerous he is. After that scene, I had a near breakdown. I had to leave and just cry and shake because there was so much pain."
He called directing a "lonely job" and said,
"Directing is a very lonely job, I'll just be very candid. Because you are kind of at the top of this totem pole. In your moments of quiet, everybody has a thousand questions for you and also nobody wants to disturb you."
Baldoni added that directors don't have "many people to talk to" and they can't share their "anxiety" or "nervousness" about something since they're also supposed to be the "leader."
"I had dreams as him for a while" - says Justin Baldoni on playing Ryle Kincaid in It Ends with Us
While discussing his experience playing Ryle Kincaid in It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni said that he got so into character that he had difficulty ridding Ryle's toxic mindset out of his brain.
"That was very hard and honestly, that took a few months. I had dreams as him for a while, and it lived in my body, but I think for the most part, he's out."
While talking to Variety earlier in July about Ryle, Justin said,
"What was important for me was that the abuse came from Ryle’s insecurity — from a deep feeling that he wasn’t enough. Showing that allows the movie to not have an archvillain. He’s not this mustache-twirling bad guy; he’s a guy with deep pain and deep trauma who makes terrible decisions that are never acceptable or excusable in any situation
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Justin Baldoni's character is very opposite to his real-life personality considering that the actor has appeared in a lot of talks and discussed his definition of "healthy masculinity."
He also hosts the podcast, Man Enough which is known for "reframing masculinity" Throughout his podcasts, the actor-director advocates for men to take an active role in dismantling patriarchal norms.
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