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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few pages back someone was claiming that Colleen Hoover never wanted Justin Baldoni to play Ryle and that it was a decision that was sprung on her. Huh?

This is an email she sent Justin in 2019:

"Have you given any thought to whether you would want an acting role in this? Say, maybe, Ryle? I could see it."[/quote]

Oh, don’t get me started on the rewriting history with Colleen on this thread. People are painting it as if 2019 Colleen Hoover was a nobody self publisher, even though she’d sold millions and millions of books, more than 99% of writers ever will. She didn’t sell to Justin on a whim. They had lengthy discussions and yes, she asked him to play Ryle and he was hesitant with directing and acting. [/quote]

She had been a self published author and had done fine, but not great. I think S&S might have picked her up, but still just did fine. BookTok made her explode, then she had an entire backlist of books that then also started selling like crazy. [/quote]

So Justin deserves even more credit for knowing this book should be adapted.

You want it both ways. If Colleen was a nobody then she was lucky to get an offer and can’t really be picky about who is directing it can she? Most Hollywood directors are men. Sony might not have backed a female director. They got behind Justin and wayfarer. Not Christy and whatever producers might have backed her (I have not heard of a bidding war or a fight about the rights?)

Is there any documentation she was banned from the set? Because to me seems like she was happy to cash the check and continue with her other projects.

And didn’t Blake have creative control of the film? According to her PGA letter she masterminded every bit of it so why did she shut Colleen out?[/quote]

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