Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - Insiders Share EVERYTHING !!! It was HORROR !!

00:00:00.000 the personal assistant who was responsible for Ryan Reynolds on the set had to go to therapy for

00:00:05.920 years after. Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk, I'm Sashdi Flohr, journalist, Hollywood truth teller

00:00:16.020 and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion. Okay so today is the day, the deadline

00:00:23.100 for Blake Lively and her team to file all the proof to support her application for attorney's

00:00:28.960 fees. As you know, they can only ask to get attorney's fees covered for what she spent on 0.97

00:00:34.860 defending herself against Justin Baldoni and the Wayfair Party's counterclaim, which is basically

00:00:41.780 two motions to dismiss. And I'm sure her attorneys are going to take this opportunity to create some

00:00:49.200 new headlines for her. And that is why they're going to ask for a ridiculous astronomic amount, 0.99

00:00:56.000 which the judge is never going to allow so be prepared on how Blake is going to twist and turn

00:01:03.620 the law again trying to make it look like she was still defending herself against Justin Baldoni

00:01:10.920 even after his case was dismissed yes I'll keep you posted as soon as I hear or see anything about

00:01:18.020 these attorneys fees the deadline I'm sure is midnight tonight so definitely an update on this

00:01:24.420 tomorrow so stay tuned. Also I got some real interesting inside information today. I spoke to

00:01:33.260 several people who were involved in a shoot with Ryan Reynolds. The movie was The Hipman's Wife's

00:01:41.920 Bodyguard and this was shot in 2021 and you won't believe what the people who worked with Ryan

00:01:50.100 told me about him. So I've been sitting on this story for a little bit because I wanted to make

00:01:57.440 sure that everything was correct here and that I told this story as detailed as possible. I've

00:02:05.140 been speaking to people, several people, who does not want to be identified because they are risking

00:02:11.960 their jobs by coming out with this story. So this happened in 2021 when Ryan Reynolds was shooting

00:02:19.380 the movie The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard with Salma Hayek and Samuel L. Jackson. The shoot was

00:02:26.580 done in Europe so most of the crew were Europeans. So all this information is coming from people in

00:02:35.120 the crew, discussions between them and several different sources that worked on this set. So I'm

00:02:42.400 just gonna refer to these people as they as they want to stay anonymous. So part of this movie was

00:02:48.360 shot in London and the crew was from Croatia and Hungary mainly and as soon as they started

00:02:55.140 shooting the crew was like something's off here something is really weird. They also noticed

00:02:59.640 instantly that there was some kind of distance between the main actors and the director. The

00:03:06.320 director of the movie was Patrick Hughes. So before the shoot even started the crew was told never to

00:03:14.200 look the actors in the eye and one of the people I spoke to said that this has never happened before

00:03:20.440 no one has ever told them not to look actors in the eyes and it was such an awkward thing to ask

00:03:27.100 because especially people doing makeup and here not being able to look the person that they're

00:03:33.580 actually working with in the eyes would definitely make things really weird and it did and at one

00:03:40.500 point Samuel L. Jackson confronted one of the crew members yelling at them saying hey what is going

00:03:47.980 on here it's something is so off why are people acting so weird why is no one looking at me why

00:03:54.020 is no one speaking to me this is the weirdest set that I've ever been on what's happening here

00:03:58.560 and then the person said we were just told that we can't speak to you and that we're not allowed

00:04:04.000 to look you in the eyes and he was shocked by this he was like who said that this is the craziest

00:04:11.120 thing I've ever heard what the hell please start talking to me please start looking at me and as

00:04:16.980 the same person told me Salma Hayek would never request people not to look at her they said that

00:04:24.100 Salma Hayek is the sweetest most amazing loving person she is so fun to work with she's so nice

00:04:31.880 to everyone. I'll get more into that later on here. But everyone concluded that the only person

00:04:37.660 who would suggest something like this, allegedly, would be Ryan Reynolds. The person I spoke to

00:04:44.240 about this also said that when they started shooting in Croatia, the tension on the set

00:04:49.500 became even worse. And they said that the crew was split into two units, main and second unit,

00:04:56.800 and we only worked together twice the main unit was with the actors while the second unit worked

00:05:03.600 with extras and stand-ins stunts and actors doubles they were having an okay time so the

00:05:11.520 people who didn't work directly with the actors were like okay this is a nice set we enjoy

00:05:16.640 working here the people who work with the actors said something very different the only different

00:05:22.900 was the main cast meaning the main unit was burning in hell while the second unit was having

00:05:29.700 a blast that was until the second unit had to make a commercial for ryan's gin so in the middle of

00:05:38.480 this the crew was asked to do a commercial for aviation gin no one had signed up for that and

00:05:44.360 they were told that it was such an honor to do something like that and this was their day off

00:05:49.440 by the way and it's so intense working on these movie sets so when you finally have a day off

00:05:55.220 then you really want to take advantage of that day to relax a little bit. When you shoot a movie

00:06:00.660 you start really early in the morning and sometimes the shoot goes on until two o'clock in the morning

00:06:05.680 and you have to be back at 7am. It's really intense. So as they're saying here some colleagues

00:06:11.580 from the second unit were called to work on the commercial for Ryan and the person said that

00:06:16.580 Apparently, they were picked up on the turnaround day, on the one day of work, on the commercial.

00:06:21.960 And I asked one of them, if the money is good, maybe it compensates for losing a day off.

00:06:27.340 And they said that he was already messing up everything with his Pokemon schedule and constant changes.

00:06:32.920 And that doing it was considered a favor that would look good on their CV eventually.

00:06:39.080 So, allegedly, these people did not get paid.

00:06:42.140 Sounds familiar.

00:06:43.540 All the people who have worked for Ryan Reynolds.

00:06:45.920 Remember that photographer? There was a long story on Medium by Eumonia Dyke who looked into how Ryan was taking advantage of a photographer and using all of her work without paying her.

00:06:58.700 This seems like a pattern of Ryan Reynolds. He believes that to work for him is such an honor that you shouldn't even get paid to do it.

00:07:06.400 They also said that there were several reoccurring frustrations regarding Ryan's behavior on sets.

00:07:11.540 most notably his tendency to distance himself from the regular crew. This is highly unusual

00:07:18.020 in our industry. Ryan was also known for frequently complaining about the script and changing his

00:07:25.360 lines. Sound familiar? And they say here that it became to a point where he was heavily relying on

00:07:32.140 his body double for just basic scenes, including shots where only his shoulder was visible during

00:07:37.960 dialogue so Ryan was too good to be there in person himself and he sent his body double to do

00:07:43.800 every single scene where his face wasn't showing basically and the other actors Samuel L. Jackson

00:07:49.780 Morgan Freeman was also in this movie Salma Hayek none of them did that and they say here

00:07:54.620 there was a tension building on sets Samuel L. Jackson got frustrated too because it was delaying

00:08:01.260 the shoot I met Samuel L. Jackson a few times I really really like him by the way and one

00:08:07.860 thing that really stands out with him is that he is super professional when he's on a movie set

00:08:13.220 he's there to work he's there to do the job and when people keep changing things up delaying

00:08:19.020 things i can just imagine how frustrated that made him they also said here that the crew members

00:08:25.780 were talking amongst them and they also learned that a lot of other people working in europe did

00:08:32.080 not like ryan reynolds he's widely disliked in the industry they said it is a it is frustrating

00:08:39.740 for the crew who are making insane shift for modest pay to watch someone collect a massive salary

00:08:45.440 while avoiding the actual work that producers are paying them to perform for example it is cheaper

00:08:51.680 to have a double than the actor on set but they get paid per movie not per day so i can imagine

00:08:57.960 it's frustrating for the other actors as well when they have to perform an act in front of Ryan's

00:09:03.920 body double all the time because he has better things to do than actually be there in the movie

00:09:09.120 that he's starring in. They also said that the high pressure environment caused several of our

00:09:14.760 runners to quit entirely. For those in entry-level position that kind of atmosphere can either make

00:09:22.000 or break you. And they say there is a scene in the movie where Salma Hayek slaps Ryan's character

00:09:27.800 repeatedly and they say regarding the slapping game incidents which has been discussed online

00:09:34.480 it was indeed written in the script but they didn't have to perform it in such a physical

00:09:39.680 way so there's a scene where sama keeps slapping ryan and he's wearing these glasses and she's

00:09:47.520 like it's not it's not even slapping she's using it like her fist and she kept doing it repeatedly

00:09:53.900 and they're saying here they weren't actually trying to hurt him but they were playing quite

00:09:58.100 rough while he was the one being targeted like due to irritation or desire to revenge

00:10:04.040 from Samuel L. Jackson. I guess Samuel L. Jackson also had some physical scenes with him

00:10:09.300 and Salma Hayek was just having what she perceived as harmless fun. She didn't seem to grasp the

00:10:14.940 intensity of it or perhaps she simply didn't care or she did. Regardless she's slapping. Again none

00:10:22.040 of us are actors so we don't recognize intensity but it seemed weird sam jackson he's not only

00:10:27.600 you know a legend but he's just an incredibly generous actor and i haven't i have a you know

00:10:31.740 a really unique chemistry with him and chemistry is something that i don't think that you can

00:10:34.540 manufacture it's either there it's not it's then they said the rest of the crew was such a dream

00:10:39.660 to work with antonio banderas was there he's a gorgeous example of a true gentleman he's a

00:10:45.300 classically talented beautiful and as authentic spanish as one could hope for tom hopper was also

00:10:51.820 an absolute pleasure a man who is truly beautiful inside and out I've interviewed Antonio Banderas

00:10:58.240 and I have to say that I completely agree with this description of him he seemed like so down

00:11:03.640 to earth so funny so warm so curious like really one of my favorite people to interview I have to

00:11:11.040 say so just adding that in there and they say here finally Salma Hayek is everything you imagine she 0.84

00:11:17.520 is. It is incredible how she manages to maintain such a normalcy despite her stature. She was

00:11:24.660 always polite, accessible and full of laughter, offering advice with a heart as big as a house.

00:11:32.760 She is deeply devoted to her husband, her daughter and her dogs. She was constantly rescuing dogs

00:11:38.420 and no one could quite figure out how she managed to do it every single day while remaining on time

00:11:44.540 and professional. She consistently showed gratitude towards the crew and her character is such that

00:11:50.840 some members of her team actually came out of retirement just to work with her again.

00:11:56.280 She possesses a rare, ageless beauty and it seems the universe has provided her with a perfect

00:12:02.240 balance. Yes, I've also interviewed Sama Hayek and I have to say that I also got the same

00:12:10.180 impression of her. She comes off as this very carefree person, very warm, very sweet. She

00:12:16.140 doesn't take herself very seriously and I really like that and I've never really heard anyone say

00:12:20.620 anything bad about Salma Hayek but as you know she had dinner with Blake and Ryan in the middle

00:12:26.800 of this legal mess and I'm not sure how close of friends they are but Ryan was also at that dinner

00:12:33.900 But, you know, she was also in a movie with Blake Savages a while ago.

00:12:39.120 She also had a speech for Blake to honor her.

00:12:42.280 She has been an inspiration to me.

00:12:44.920 I saw her take on one of the biggest bullies in this industry that everybody feared.

00:12:52.020 She was like, bring it on, baby.

00:12:54.120 What's your problem?

00:12:55.100 And I think for her, as for many other of Blake and Ryan's friends,

00:13:00.540 they're never seeing their true colors.

00:13:02.520 because of course they put on their charm when they want people to be their friends and they

00:13:08.560 want people in powerful positions obviously to be their friends so I believe Salma Hayek never saw

00:13:14.160 Ryan or Blake's true colors but who knows where their friendship stands now. I'm a little conflicted

00:13:20.460 though that if everyone else noticed on this set that it was weird and it seems like here that the

00:13:25.820 whole scene between Salma and Ryan when she kept hitting him was a little too rough and it almost

00:13:33.680 felt like she was getting out some anger on him or frustration on him then it doesn't make much

00:13:39.840 sense that they went out for that dinner I don't know let me know what you think about their

00:13:44.500 friendship is it real or does Ryan have something on Salma that he's using against her nothing

00:13:51.040 surprises me anymore by the way anyways let's get back into this they said here one time I

00:13:55.580 realized that Blake would be coming to visit the set her name was listed under a under a funny

00:14:01.420 side name it was so ridiculous because nobody has that that kind of last name I was curious to find

00:14:08.700 out who the driver was so apparently no one wanted to pick her up from the airport because people

00:14:16.480 already knew about her reputation so no one wanted to volunteer for that job so they just got this

00:14:23.860 really older man an old man from the village a local driver to pick her up he did not speak

00:14:31.300 any English either and he had no idea who she was and they're saying here just out of curiosity

00:14:37.200 they asked the man who were you driving that day and he said he had no clue what she was saying

00:14:43.020 or who she was but that she was a vile woman with no class you need to understand that these are

00:14:51.060 people from small coastal villages in Europe uh they're saying here yeah anyways and then they

00:14:56.980 talk about they had a shoot on the beach while Blake was there and the whole crew was told that

00:15:03.400 they couldn't keep their phones with them because they were so afraid that someone was going to take

00:15:08.720 a photo of Blake while she was there and they were like we're working with big movie stars every

00:15:13.680 single day why would we take a photo of Blake at the beach and of course the beach is a public

00:15:19.320 place so other people could take photos there who were there you know locals or just people walking

00:15:24.820 by so just the fact that they were told that we can't really trust you so we need to take your

00:15:29.280 phone away that doesn't sit well with people who consider themselves as being professional

00:15:34.240 then they said a couple of weeks ago they had met a European actor who was also in this movie who

00:15:40.620 had a few scenes with Ryan in London and the person had the same experience with Ryan saying

00:15:46.620 I realized that right away on the first day of shooting in the UK I was lucky since I only had

00:15:51.760 a few scenes on that project and they said and he said that you know amongst us actors you can

00:15:58.060 always recognize a sun god complex it usually burns talent some of these people that were on

00:16:05.920 this set had another project recently that they reunited on and then they kept talking about what

00:16:11.660 had happened on this set and one of them had said that if we hadn't stuck together we wouldn't have

00:16:17.900 made it through this movie we would all have quit a lot of people never worked again after this

00:16:26.060 project then it's pretty bad one PA a personal assistant was in therapy for years afterwards

00:16:35.140 he was in charge of Ryan giving him food and water and prepare for his trailer all of that stuff

00:16:42.900 running around Ryan he had to go to therapy after finishing this movie and they're saying here that

00:16:50.000 Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds at one point they weren't speaking to each other and they

00:16:53.860 apparently weren't speaking to the director either and that was because Ryan kept changing the lines

00:16:59.280 and constantly complaining about things and was being really difficult to work with and Samuel

00:17:04.520 Jackson wanted the director to take a stand and actually direct the movie so he was upset with

00:17:11.200 Ryan Reynolds for changing things up and then he was also upset with the director for not

00:17:15.380 shutting it down and for taking charge because he let Ryan take control and authorship sound

00:17:22.940 familiar and the people on this movie set said that we kept quiet like everyone else scared not

00:17:28.400 just to lose our jobs in the movie business you're only as good as your last project it is not good

00:17:34.140 to get fired. So everyone just did their jobs and said nothing. They also said that it was so clear

00:17:40.660 how Ryan was treating people with power and money on a completely different level of how he was

00:17:46.820 treating people on the floor. Then they said typically when a cast member films their final

00:17:52.340 scene the entire crew applauds to honor their work and bid them farewell. This is like a tradition

00:17:59.660 on movie sets I'm sure you've seen it from some behind the scenes stuff there everyone's applauding

00:18:05.120 great job and now we're moving on to the next thing and farewell and people are hugging and

00:18:11.080 you know it's a moment and they said that for example when Salma Hayek finished her final scene

00:18:17.680 we all clapped she gifted the crew cases of wine champagne and craft beer personally signing every

00:18:25.600 bottle it was a touching gesture that made the crew feel truly appreciated in contrast ryan just

00:18:33.840 left he didn't wait for the applause which was set which set an offensive tone for the rest of

00:18:40.500 the team many of our colleagues were vocal about their disappointment so his last scene he was just

00:18:46.040 like walking off the set it was just such a ball i know a lot of actors say that they miss their

00:18:50.760 cast or miss their crew when they're leaving a set i don't know if it's always genuine but with

00:18:54.980 this this film it really was like leaving that set and leaving those guys and us all you know

00:18:59.360 heading back to our normal lives it was uh it was it took some adjustment because it was just such

00:19:02.880 a beautiful experience to shoot with them so yeah a lot of interesting information coming from this

00:19:07.440 movie set and i have to say the way that they were describing the other actors here salma hayek

00:19:13.460 antonio banderas samuel l jackson i had the exact same experience interviewing them samuel l jackson

00:19:21.360 was actually my first ever interview and I was terrified I remember I took the subway up to an

00:19:28.640 Upper East Side hotel and he was sitting there waiting for me it was not on camera it was a

00:19:34.100 print interview and I was supposed to record the interview and I realized I'd forgotten my recorder

00:19:39.060 at home at that time I didn't have a recorder because we had those old phones and he was so

00:19:43.840 sweet about it and I had to borrow like a pen from the hotel and I was writing things down

00:19:49.360 on these little notes that I found in the hotel it was a disaster but he was so sweet about it

00:19:56.360 and he treated me so nicely and when I left I asked if I could take a photo with him

00:20:01.420 and the publicist in the room was like no no no photos and Samuel was like she's getting a photo

00:20:06.960 with me come here and then he was like let's pose like this and let's pose like this and then that

00:20:12.860 publicist had to take the photos it was such a nice moment and it was such a great start for my

00:20:18.340 career and then i interviewed him again 10 years later and we had the most amazing funny conversation

00:20:24.020 ever you were my first ever interview ever 10 years ago yes yes now you're all polished and i

00:20:32.040 was so scared it was one of my favorite interviews ever anyways that's it for me today you guys i

00:20:37.900 hope you enjoyed this episode and thanks to my executive producer back there oscar he is taking

00:20:44.460 a nap he had a play date with his favorite dog here in Mallorca yesterday he was running around

00:20:51.180 on the beach with his friend Dino they're so cute together so he's exhausted today and of course if

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00:21:05.860 Bye.

Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - June 30, 2026

Insiders Share EVERYTHING !!! It was HORROR !!

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