News Summary

• The first time Blake Lively met Justin Baldoni was in December 2022.
• Lively was pregnant with her fourth child and considering what movie she might make next.
• Baldoni wanted her to star in his adaptation of It Ends With Us, the best-selling novel by Colleen Hoover.
• They talked for three hours in Lively’s home and got along well enough that the next day Baldoni sent an excited text to colleagues at his production company: “Blake is in!!!
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