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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I know the case inside and out, and even if you didn’t, AI is super helpful and you can just search. Colleen Hoover never, not once, told anyone involved in the film to tone down the sex scenes. It didn’t happen. Colleen and Blake did not have a shared vision of the film - they actually didn’t have that many interactions.[/quote]

Maybe don't trust AI to be able to read a bunch of screen shotted documents on a court docket friend. It 100% did happen, see below. Text exchange between Hoover and Baldoni from April 2023 before filming even started. Key takeaways (I wrote these myself but I know you like AI to summarize things tidily for you so you don't have to think too hard so I'll do my best AI impression):

- Yes, Colleen clearly pushes for less sex in the movie and tells Justin that what her readers, and film viewers generally, want from a movie like this is the romantic build up and the first kiss, not a bunch of explicit sex scenes. She also says the sex in the book is not what matters to readers as much as the emotion.
- Justin tells her that this is also what Blake wants and then says Blake hasn't read the book. Keep in mind Colleen had not met Blake at this point but they already have a "shared vision" -- they are both telling Justin before production that the movie will work better with less explicit sex and more focus on the romance and emotion.
- Colleen says she actually likes that Blake has not read the book because it's valuable to get that perspective. Presumably they want non-book readers to see the movie and the movie has to appeal to them too.
- Justin is worried because he wants the movie to have an R rating for some reason and toning down the sex will push it to PG-13. Colleen says this is fine and even says she'd like the movie to be something teenagers can go see.

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