Gossip Girl alum Blake Lively has been announced as the female lead in the adaptation of beloved Coleen Hoover novel . She will play Lily, a recent graduate who gets caught up in a love triangle between a complicated, abusive relationship with an older man, Ryle, and her childhood sweetheart Atlas.While many fans have been overjoyed at Lively's casting, others have argued that she's not “age appropriate” due to the 12-year age gap between her own age and her character's age. (Lively is 35.)As , “blake lively being cast as lily bloom in it ends with us is confusing because the character is 23 in the book and blake is 12 years older ???” Another called Lively's casting "quite possible the worst casting that’s ever been cast.” As if we don't experience enough pressure to hold onto our youth, from the pedaling of anti-aging skincare to the use of the word “geriatric” to describe .
This obsession over when a woman is “too old” to play a Hollywood role is not a new story, and yet there doesn't seem to be the same regard to the men on the flip side.Let's break this down.
Because of the sensitive nature of the book and film's storyline—Lily encounters abuse within her relationship with Ryle, and reflects on the abusive dynamic of her parents' relationship—the casting of her character for the film adaptation definitely needs to be approached with care.
It may seem a jump for Lively to play a college graduate at 35 for some, but that doesn't mean she isn't suited or capable to handle the role.
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