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, announced in an Instagram video in January 2023 that Blake Lively would play Lily in the It Ends With Us movie. Lively is also an executive producer of the film. “We have a cast and I’m going to tell you who our Ryle and Lily are,” Hoover said in the video. “Our Lily is going to be played by Blake Lively. Blake Lively, y’all! She’s my dream Lily.” She added, “Blake Lively! Blake Lively! I can’t say it enough.
There was a little controversy regarding Lively’s casting, as the actor is more than a decade older than the character she’s portraying—the 23-year-old Lily. Five months after the news of Lively’s casting, Hoover defended the move but admitted the casting was actually rectifying a mistake made by the author herself. “Back when I wrote , the new adult [genre] was very popular,” she said at Book Bonanza, Hoover’s annual book festival held in Grapevine, Texas, according to .
However, Hoover said she was thrilled with how the on-screen adaptation is coming together. “I got to see the footage they filmed thus far,” she said, per but I’m not an emotional person. And I cried so much on set.” Hoover continued, “You guys are going to be so happy. I’m extremely happy and now my expectations are up and I’m going to keep them there.”
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