Justin Baldoninever planned to star inIt Ends With Us.
“My book agent at the time happened to be Colleen’s former publisher,” he tellsEntertainment Weekly.
“But she was on that trajectory, and it was very clear.”
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in ‘It Ends With Us’.Nicole Rivelli/Sony
That began this beautiful relationship, and it’s been five years in the making."
“But it’s funny, I hadn’t really thought about playing Ryle.
And then, before we had officially optioned it, Colleen had emailed me.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in ‘It Ends With Us’.Nicole Rivelli/Sony
It was just right as we were getting close to paperwork, and it was a very short email.
She said, ‘Have you ever thought about acting in the movie?
Maybe Ryle, perhaps?
I think you could do it.’
And that was all the email said.”
That short email changed everything for Baldoni.
“It really got me thinking because she knew the character better than anybody,” he explains.
“At the time, I was onJane the Virgin, so acting was really all I was doing.
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“Of course, as we know, the pandemic hit,” he says.
“And that’s when the book became this global sensation.
It Ends With Usopens in theaters Aug. 9.
