The first images of Blake Lively filming for the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s #BookTok famous “romance” novel It Ends With Us have dropped — and fans aren’t happy.
The 35-year-old’s famous blonde tresses have been replaced by long auburn locks as she takes on the role of Lily Bloom.
In these first images, Blake is seen wearing a pink shirt tied over a brown dress, layered with a dark pink shirt on top.
“I think everyone who’s seen Blake Lively as Lily on the set of It Ends With Us can all agree that they should abort that movie while they still can,” one fan tweeted. “What the h*ll is this??”
Another added: “Does the plot of this book hinge on the female lead looking like s*** because making Blake Lively look this bad is kind of a herculean feat.”
The 2016 novel follows a successful small business owner named Lily Bloom, who finds herself falling for the devastatingly handsome but controlling neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid. The book documents Lily’s tumultuous marriage to Ryle as her childhood friend, Atlas Corrigan, reenters the picture.
Years after it was first published, It Ends With Us shot to the top of the bestsellers list after it gained renewed popularity on TikTok, according to BuzzFeed News. In January 2023, Hoover held the top three spots on the New York Times paperback fiction bestseller list with It Ends With Us, the sequel, It Starts With Us, and her unrelated thriller, Verity. As of January this year, It Ends With Us had held its spot as a bestseller for 90 weeks.
Given its popularity, it was only a matter of time before it made its way to the big screen. Here’s everything we know.
Who is involved in It Ends With Us?
On 26 January, Deadline announced that Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni (who you may recognise from Jane the Virgin) had been cast in the lead roles, with Baldoni also set to direct.