It Ends with Us Movie (2024): Cast and Changes from the Book
A 25-million-dollar film that earned over 350 million, and what it left out
The 2024 cast
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Lily Bloom | Blake Lively |
| Young Lily | Isabela Ferrer |
| Ryle Kincaid | Justin Baldoni |
| Atlas Corrigan | Brandon Sklenar |
| Young Atlas | Alex Neustaedter |
| Allysa | Jenny Slate |
| Marshall | Hasan Minhaj |
| Jenny Bloom | Amy Morton |
How the film was made
Justin Baldoni optioned the novel through his company Wayfarer Studios in 2019, and Blake Lively was cast as Lily in early 2023. The film was shot largely in Hoboken, New Jersey, standing in for Boston, and it runs about 130 minutes. Colleen Hoover served as an executive producer and was closely involved.
↑ Back to the topThe characters feel older
In the book Lily is twenty-three, and Atlas is only a couple of years older. The leading actors were in their mid-thirties and early forties, so the film quietly avoids exact ages. Some readers found that it changed the feel of a story about a young woman starting out; others felt it made the adult relationship more believable.
↑ Back to the topWhere are the letters to Ellen?
In the novel, teenage Lily writes her diary as letters to Ellen DeGeneres, and those letters tell the whole Atlas backstory. The film keeps the journal but drops almost all of the Ellen framing, showing the past through flashbacks with Isabela Ferrer and Alex Neustaedter as young Lily and Atlas.
↑ Back to the topOther differences from the book
Allysa, rather than Ryle, tells Lily the story of Ryle's brother Emerson. Atlas sees Lily's heart tattoo, which in the book he only notices in the sequel. Several minor characters from the flower shop are cut, and a few scenes are trimmed or combined. The core of the story, including Lily's final conversation with Ryle and the last meeting with Atlas, stays close to the novel.
↑ Back to the topWill It Starts with Us be filmed?
Hoover's sequel, It Starts with Us, continues Lily and Atlas's story, and fans have asked for a film of it since the first one became a hit. As of now, no film of the sequel has been officially confirmed.
↑ Back to the topIt Ends with Us (2024) stars Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, Justin Baldoni as Ryle Kincaid, Brandon Sklenar as Atlas Corrigan and Jenny Slate as Allysa. Baldoni also directed it, from a screenplay by Christy Hall.
Released on 9 August 2024, it earned about 351 million dollars worldwide on a budget of around 25 million.
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