Paul Feig received a simple favor from a longtime friend.

The director revealed that Blake Lively —who he worked with on 2018's A Simple Favor and 2025's Another Simple Favor —helped him cast one of the main roles in his upcoming film The Housemaid , which stars Sydney Sweeney (Millie Calloway), Amanda Seyfried (Nina Winchester) and Brandon Sklenar (Andrew Winchester).

"Blake Lively had just worked with Brandon," Paul exclusively told E! News at a special screening of the film in New York Dec. 2. "She just kept going on and on about how great he is. And I met him and was like, ‘Yes, you are great and I love you.’"

Indeed, Brandon previously played Blake's love interest Atlas Corrigan in the 2024 Colleen Hoover movie adaptation It Ends With Us . However, tha

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