Justin Baldoni Candidly Shares 'It Ends with Us' Directing Experience, Why He Had a 'Near Breakdown' On Set

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Justin Baldoni is speaking out about his experience directing and starring in this summer’s It Ends with Us.

The 40-year-old actor/director portrayed the role of Ryle Kincaid opposite Blake Lively‘s Lily Bloom. Keep reading to find out more… Justin spoke out about his experience on Elizabeth Day’s “How to Fail” podcast.

You may remember there was some behind-the-scenes drama that supposedly went down. He 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 and you don’t really have many people to talk to and you can’t necessarily share your anxiety or your nervousness about something because you’re also the leader.” Justin continued, “So it’s a very strange place to be, let alone directing while trying to play a character who does the things that Ryle does in the movie so there were moments in the filming of this where I would just have to leave.