Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick Share Brief Responses About Working Together Again at “Another Simple Favor” SXSW Premiere

Blake Lively says working with Anna Kendrick again is "the best."

The Another Simple Favor costars both met fans and signed autographs on Friday, March 7, while promoting their forthcoming sequel to 2018 comedy A Simple Favor during its 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival premiere. In the process, they shared brief comments about working together once again.

While meeting fans, Lively, 37, was asked what it meant to "get back with Anna," per footage shared by Entertainment Tonight. "Oh, it's the best," Lively said of working with Kendrick, 39. "I'm so happy to be here."

Similarly, Kendrick was asked, "What does it mean to be working with Blake again?" She responded with "Oh, you know," seemingly in a hurry to sign autographs and take selfies with fans.

Elsewhere that day, the duo appeared onstage at the Paramount Theatre in Austin during a Q&A with other members of the cast and crew — including director Paul Feig and actor Henry Golding. The film's two stars laughed alongside each other, had side conversations and shared details about the filming process, per footage shared by Pay or Wait on YouTube.

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The film follows Kendrick's character Stephanie and Lively's character Emily as they "head to the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman," per a synopsis. Kendrick previously opened up to PEOPLE in October about reuniting with Lively on set, calling the experience “lovely."

“She lives on the East Coast, I live on the West Coast, so we don't get to see each other often,” Kendrick said. “But it was lovely, and I think that those characters have such weird chemistry that it's so fun to just get the gang back together. And it does feel a little bit like riding a bike.”

At the Q&A on Friday, Lively called Emily her "favorite character I've ever been fortunate enough to play."

“So when Paul asked us to come back, I was so excited,” she said. “I was really nervous on the first one because we didn't know if we were making a drama or a comedy and we asked Paul, he said 'Yes,' which is not really an answer to the question. But it worked out, so it's like, 'Okay, no nerves, I know what I'm doing this time.’ ”

Lively also spoke about Feig's "curveball idea" of shooting in Italy, which she said sounded "very expensive" initially, although she now understands why the director was set on his wishes. "I didn't understand why it needed to be Capri — and now I want to live there. I love it so much. They serve you ice cream and lemons. And it's just magical," Lively said, adding that she was impressed with the island's selection in hats as well.

Speaking with PEOPLE at the premiere this week, Feig, 62, also said reuniting with both Lively and Kendrick for the second film was "too much fun."

"I mean, I had such a great experience on the first one. It always kind of stuck with me. God, I love working with the two of them, as well as the rest of the cast," he said.

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The movie's SXSW stint marks Lively's first premiere since her legal battle with her It Ends with Us director/costar Justin Baldoni.

Elsewhere at the movie's March 7 premiere, Kendrick sidestepped a question seemingly about the It Ends With Us dispute, when a Variety reporter asked her how it felt about the movie "being impacted" by "everything happening around going on in the world," as previously reported.

“Why, what happened?" Kendrick asked. “I did Ayahuasca and the last year of my life is just gone, but I've heard the movie is amazing."

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The SXSW premiere was also one of few public appearances that Lively has made since the Baldoni legal battle. Lively first sued Baldoni in December, accusing him and others of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign. He denied the accusations and has since alleged defamation and extortion by countersuing Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist the following month.

Before her visit to Austin, Lively and Reynolds stepped out at SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Feb. 16.

A source previously told PEOPLE that Kendrick was "upset" by Instagram comments under the movie's poster about fans "refusing" to watch the film, as another source added that there "really is no drama or rift" between Kendrick and Lively.

Another Simple Favor begins streaming on Prime Video on May 1.

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