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Blake Lively claims Colleen Hoover wanted woman director for 'It Ends with Us'
Colleen Hoover is said to be 'reluctant' to hand 'It Ends with Us' to male director
Blake Lively recently made bombshell claims regarding direction of It Ends with Us in which she starred in a leading role.
According to US Weekly, documents revealed on Thursday, December 4, that the 38-year-old actress and her legal team argued that Colleen Hoover, the author of novel It Ends with US, originally planned for a woman to direct its movie adaption.
According to Lively, the author was “reluctant” to hire a man to direct the film adaptation before eventually agreeing to let Justin Baldoni take the helm.
The documents also claimed that before the 41-year-old director-actor was on board, Hoover explicitly requested that a woman direct the film.
The on-going legal fight between Lively and Baldoni began in December 2024, when she sued him for sexual harassment and starting a smear campaign against the actress.
In his response, Baldoni counter-sued his costar and her husband of hijacking his movie, which was released in August 2024.
However, his lawsuit was later dismissed in by judge in October this year.
A trial between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni is scheduled to begin in March 2026.
