--- title: Blake Lively Is Musing About "Cheating" on Ryan Reynolds description: Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are costars in the upcoming movie 'A Simple Favor' — and Ryan Reynolds is along for the promo tour ride. canonical: https://time.com/5318550/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-anna-kendrick/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-21T16:23:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:29.546Z og:title: Blake Lively Is Having Second Thoughts About Ryan Reynolds—Thanks to Anna Kendrick og:description: Lively joked about ditching her husband in favor of her new costar og:url: https://time.com/5318550/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-anna-kendrick/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd88aacf345926bed/6989338c86f68ead5c6e977c/blake-lively-anna-kendrick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4362 og:image:height: 2454 og:image:alt: 2018 CinemaCon - Lionsgate Presentation For 2018 Summer And Beyond og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blake Lively Is Having Second Thoughts About Ryan Reynolds—Thanks to Anna Kendrick twitter:description: Lively joked about ditching her husband in favor of her new costar twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd88aacf345926bed/6989338c86f68ead5c6e977c/blake-lively-anna-kendrick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Blake Lively Is Having Second Thoughts About Ryan Reynolds—Thanks to Anna Kendrick > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 21, 2018 4:23 PM UTC  LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 26: Actresses Blake Lively (L) and Anna Kendrick perform a skit during CinemaCon 2018 Lionsgate Invites You to An Exclusive Presentation Highlighting Its 2018 Summer and Beyond at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 26, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 26: Actresses Blake Lively (L) and Anna Kendrick perform a skit during CinemaCon 2018 Lionsgate Invites You to An Exclusive Presentation Highlighting Its 2018 Summer and Beyond at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 26, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images) Gabe Ginsberg—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 21, 2018 4:23 PM UTC Promoting a new movie brings out the best in some actors. Consider the case of Hollywood golden couple [Ryan Reynolds](http://time.com/5293835/ryan-reynolds-and-blake-lively-tweets/) and [Blake Lively](http://time.com/5233063/blake-lively-trolled-ryan-reynolds-instagram/), who have turned their casual relationship banter into a social media art form. On Monday night, Lively shared the first promotional image from her upcoming movie _A Simple Favor_ on Instagram — and naturally she turned the post into a subtle dig at her famous husband. Lively lavished praise on her co-star Anna Kendrick, who she called the “hotter, female(r) version” of movie star Reynolds. “So would it reaaaally count as cheating??” she joked in the photo’s caption. Kendrick decided to play along. “So glad we’re finally taking this public. I let Ryan have Deadpool, he can give me this,” she commented on the post. (Reynolds is, of course, the star of the [blockbuster _Deadpool_](http://time.com/5271462/deadpool-2-ryan-reynolds-spoilers/) franchise.) Because Reynolds is a master of [online repartee](https://mashable.com/2017/10/29/ryan-reynolds-funniest-tweets/), he managed to come back with the perfect response. “The most [ambitious crossover event](http://time.com/5207189/avengers-infinity-war-crossover-meme/) in history,” he wrote. “I’ll miss you both. Tell my story.” _A Simple Favor_, a mystery thriller based on the 2017 [novel by Darcey Bell](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-simple-favor-paul-feig-direct-anna-kendrick-blake-lively-1015134), isn’t in theaters until September 2018\. 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