'It Ends With Us' Screenwriter Reveals Fan-Demanded Change Made to Movie, Says It Was 'Right' Choice
justjared.comThe screenwriter who handled the script for It Ends With Us revealed one big change that was made to the script… on the recommendation of die-hard fans. Christy Hall tackled the challenging task of transforming Colleen Hoover‘s beloved novel into a script for the forthcoming romance, which stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
During a recent interview, she revealed that they decided to organize a focus group with 20 “megafans” who came in and read an early draft of the script.
They reacted to a few changes from the book to the movie. While some of them went over well, one sparked a backlash. She revealed that exact point and explained why fans were right about the change. Keep reading to find out more… “It was fun to test things like, ‘Is that going to massively bum you out?’” she told EW. “And they were like, ‘No, no, no.
We were just wondering why.’” One change that fans did not oppose was changing the name of the restaurant from Bib’s to Root.
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