In an interview with TODAY at the 2023 Book Bonanza — the charitable festival she founded with her two sisters in 2018 — Hoover said she was shocked when she was told that Blake Lively had been cast as the female lead, Lily Bloom.“I didn’t believe it,” she told the outlet.
But it was a good surprise. “I have been obsessed with Blake Lively since ‘Gossip Girl’ days — I’m just a huge fan of hers, and of course of her husband,” Hoover said.
But, her reaction when director and co-star Justin Baldoni called her with the news wasn’t very emotional, as she couldn’t fathom it actually happening.“I think he expected me to just scream into the phone, but he doesn’t realize I don’t believe anything,” she said. “Still to this day, I have not allowed myself to get truly excited, because I’m like, ‘Something could happen.
It’s not done filming yet. Like anything could go wrong… but I’m absolutely stoked.”But, many of the bestselling author’s fervent fans are less than thrilled.
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