Summary
Blake Lively’s claim that Ryan Reynolds wrote a scene inIt Ends With Usis addressed by one of the film’s writers.It Ends With Usis a romance film based on the popular (yet controversial) Colleen Hoover novel of the same name. The film ages up the young adult characters from the book, casting Lively in the lead role of Lily opposite Justin Baldoni’s Ryle. Baldoni also directed the film.
Speaking withPeople, the movie’s screenwriter Chirsty Hall speaks about whether Reynolds played a role in writing forIt Ends With Us. Relating to the scene in question, Hall notes that she is “very proud of [her] work” and believes that “the beats that needed to be honored in that scene are preserved.” She goes on to explain that there were moments that she thought were “improvised.” These “few little flourishes” are whatshe now realized may have been written by Reynolds, a discovery that she embraces. Check out the full quote from Hall below:
I am very proud of my work, and I do feel like the beats that needed to be honored in that scene are preserved and they’re there. Again, Colleen did it best. She did it first and it’s from her. I do think that that scene is a really beautiful reflection of what she penned from the beginning.
There were a couple of little things that I thought had been improvised. Like when he says, ‘Pretty please with a cherry on top,’ and she talks about the maraschino cherries. When I saw a cut I was like, ‘Oh, that’s cute. That must have been a cute improvised thing.’ So if I’m being told that Ryan wrote that, then great, how wonderful.
There were a few little flourishes that I did not write, but I assumed that they had been improvised on set. But, again, like I said, the moments that I felt like needed to be honored are there. So I recognize the scene and I’m proud of the scene. And if those flourishes came from Ryan, I think that’s wonderful.
How It Ends With Us Is Being Received So Far
It Ends With Us Is Getting Mixed Reviews
TheIt Ends With Usscene in question is an early scene in the film that takes place on a rooftop. In this flirtatious scene, Lily and Ryle meet for the first time, serving as a key moment in their relationship. Speaking about the film, Lively recently noted that her “husband [Reynolds] actually wrote” the rooftop scene, which is a fact that she claimed “nobody” knew. From what Hall says,Reynolds did not completely craft the scene himself, but he did suggest enough of it for some dialogue to make the cut.
It Ends With Usreleased in theaters this past weekend, collecting its initial reviews. So far,It Ends With Us' reviewsare very mixed, with the film receiving a rotten59% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes. At the time of writing, this score comes from 122 reviews, and differs extremely from that of the audience reviews, which position the film at a 94% approval rating thus far.
It Ends With Us: Why Colleen Hoover’s 2016 Book Is So Controversial
Colleen Hoover’s romance novel It Ends With Us has become very popular among readers, but it has garnered a significant amount of controversy as well.
The fact thatIt Ends With Usmight be divisive among critics should not be surprising based on its source material. Though the novel became popular on BookTok,It Ends With Uswas extremely controversial upon its release, with several people feeling that the book romanticizes the domestic abuse plotline that is at the core of the story. Director Baldoni has spoken out about severalchanges theIt Ends With Usmovie made, but nonetheless, the film has gotten a split response so far.
It Ends With Us
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Based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, It Ends With Us is a drama-romance film directed by Justin Baldoni. The film follows a recent college graduate named Lily, who meets a man named Ryle and falls in love with him. However, a traumatic incident compounded with her former high-school sweetheart re-entering her life complicates her plans.
