Colleen Hoover reveals to THR at the 'It Ends With Us' movie premiere that she watched the film for the first time sitting next to her mother, calling it a "very full circle moment." Plus, she teases an update on the 'Verity' movie adaptation.
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00:00I know you said you initially wrote this book for your mother, so what was the experience
00:04like watching this movie for the first time, knowing how personal it was to you?
00:09Well, I watched it for the first time sitting next to her, so that was extremely nerve-wracking
00:14going into it, hoping that she loved it, and she cried the whole way through it.
00:19You know, we hugged for a long time afterward.
00:21It was just a very full-circle moment.
00:24I know casting this movie as well, a lot of praise for Blake Lively in this role.
00:30What makes her the right choice to lead this film?
00:32Oh my gosh, she's just so talented, and such a woman's woman, and such a mother, and seeing
00:39her with her kids, and then in this role, it's such a good depiction of a mother loving
00:46her daughter, and so I just feel like from her own experiences and her own talent, there's
00:52no one that would have been more perfect.
00:54She's so good.
00:55I know this story obviously deals with a lot of heavy themes.
00:59Was there a particular scene that you discussed in depth that was hard to work through?
01:05Oh gosh, this whole movie is, you know, you want to walk the line very carefully.
01:11You don't want to do it wrong, and so I really appreciated how everyone on the set sought
01:18so much feedback, and were very open to anyone who would give their feedback, and also just
01:25reaching out to certain organizations.
01:27I know Justin did that quite a bit to get feedback and advice on the film and the script,
01:33and in the editing room, you know, just all of the care and love that went into those
01:38delicate scenes, like I couldn't have been happier with the hands that this movie landed
01:43in.
01:44I know the fans want to know, are we going to be getting an It Starts With Us movie?
01:49I hope so.
01:51Unfortunately, that's not up to me.
01:53They own those rights, so if they want to make it, I'm all for it.
01:56I hope so.
01:57Any dream cast for your next screen adaptation for Verity?
02:01Listen, we are discussing casting next week, and so I need to get on that, because right
02:07now they're all just blurs in my head, but I'm just so excited that one's starting to
02:13take off, and we've got the script done, and that one's going to be so much fun.