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Justin Baldoni is sharing why he nearly had a "breakdown" while filming It Ends with Us.
On a recent episode of the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, Baldoni explained why his portrayal of an abusive husband, opposite Blake Lively in the film adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel of the same name, had an impact on his mental health, per E! News.
"There were moments in the filming of this where I would just have to leave. I'd have to remove myself and go shake it out. I mean, I've done a lot of somatic therapy so there were times when I was actually just shaking," he said, adding, "There's a moment in the movie where [his character] finds [Lively's character's] phone and he finds a phone number and he's very jealous and he's heartbroken and he's angry. And he doesn't harm her, but you can see in his eyes how dangerous he is. After that scene, I had a near breakdown."
The Jane the Virgin star admitted he had to take a step away and "just cry and shake because there was so much pain."
Not only did Baldoni star in the film, but he served as director as well, which de described as being a "lonely" job that kept him from sharing too much of his insecurities with his crew.
"Directing is a very lonely job, I'll just be very candid, because you are kind of at the top of this totem pole," he said. "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."