Paul Feig spoke out at SXSW after YouTuber Melanie King claimed Lively, 37, was afraid to walk the red carpet because Kendrick, 39, was upset with her.

Another Simple Favor follows Kendrick's character Stephanie, who now works as a private investigator, as she travels to Capri in Italy to attend the wedding of Lively's Emily, a socialite who was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the end of the first film.