Blake Lively isn't afraid of letting her thoughts be known. As rumors of a feud between the It Ends With Us star and the film's director Justin Baldoni —who also costarred in the film—have continued to make waves online, Blake shared insight into the her experience juggling her acting and producing role in the film. And it includes standing her ground on her decision to include Lana Del Rey 's "Cherry" in the movie.
"They begged me to take that song out of the movie," Blake told Hits Radio UK in a video published Aug. 10, before quickly adding, "I'm not supposed to be talking about this." But as for why they wanted to take the song out of the Colleen Hoover adaptation—which sees Blake's Lily Bloom navigate a complicated and abusive relationship with charming neurosurgeon Ryle (Justin) and reconnection with her teenage love Atlas ( Brandon Sklenar )—the Gossip Girl alum admitted, "They felt like it was too charged and heavy.
" "Things are still good with Ryle at that point," she explained. "So you don't want to feel that charge." The power of Lana 🍒 #lanadelrey #cherry #blakelively #itendswithus However, the tone soon shifts.
"The moment Atlas enters," she explained, "things are charged and heavy." "Like, there's conflict, there's pain, there's turmoil, there's tension," she continued, "because you're like, 'Oh my god, my soulmate, the one that got away in my life, this person who's haunting me and everything I do and everywhere I go is here now and we still had that.