It Ends With Us Release Date, Cast, Director, And More Details

Blake Lively is set to lead «It Ends With Us» as protagonist Lily Bloom, whose journey promises to be just as inspiring as it is difficult. Opposite her, «Jane the Virgin» star Justin Baldoni will portray Ryle Kincaid, the neurosurgeon with whom Lily strikes up a relationship shortly after moving to Boston. As has already been noted by fans of the source material, Lively and Baldoni are older than their characters are described on the page.

In response to those readers’ remarks, «It Ends With Us» author Colleen Hoover defended Lively and Baldoni’s casting as Lily and Ryle, respectively. «Back when I wrote ‘It Ends With Us,’ the new adult [genre] was very popular. You were writing college-age characters. That’s what I was contracted to do,» she noted. «I made Lily very young. I didn’t know that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon.»

«As I started making this movie, I’m like, ‘We need to age them out because I messed up,’» the author added, «So that’s my fault.»

Brandon Sklenar rounds out the core trio as Atlas Corrigan, a past partner of Lily’s who reemerges in her life after she starts dating Ryle. Viewers will likely know Sklenar best for his recent breakout turn as Spencer Dutton on the «Yellowstone» prequel series, «1923.» The cast of «It Ends With Us» also includes comedian Jenny Slate, who plays Ryle’s sister and Lily’s close friend, Alyssa, while Hasan Minhaj has been cast as Ryle’s best friend and Alyssa’s husband, Marshall.