Super Sneaky ‘It Ends With Us’ Cameos Only Hardcore Fans of the Cast Will Spot
- It Ends With Us had interesting cameos.
- The movie received mixed reviews but was a box office success.
- It Ends With Us is streaming on Netflix.
One of 2024’s highly awaited romance-drama movies, It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and Brandon Sklenar premiered on August 9, 2024. Directed by Baldoni, the movie is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name and follows the life of Lily Bloom, who meets a neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid, and the two of them fall in love. As their relationship moves, Lily gets to see a side of Kincaid that reminds her of her parents’ abusive marriage.
Amid her struggle with adjusting to a life with Ryle Kincaid, her first love, Atlas Corrigan, enters her life, and her relationship with Ryle gets upended. Upon release, the movie received mixed reviews from critics and audiences, but it turns out it was indeed a box office success thanks to the fact that Colleen Hoover’s novel was one of the best-selling novels, and every reader was excited to see the book come to life. Readers also pointed out the sneaky cameos in the movie.
Author Colleen Hoover makes a cameo in Blake Lively starrer It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us was indeed one of the most highly awaited movies of 2024, as Colleen Hoover’s book of the same name had already made readers go gaga over it. Directed by Jane the Virgin actor Justin Baldoni, the movie starred Blake Lively, Baldoni, and Brandon Skelnar.
While there were a few things from the book that did not make it to the screen, the reaction to the movie was mixed from critics and the audience. The casting initially miffed fans, as the characters in the book are much younger compared to the actors cast to play them. One thing that disappointed the fans was the appearance of Lily Bloom, who in the books is red-haired and fair-skinned, whereas Lively is blond.
However, fans saw the movie and pointed out some familiar faces that managed to make a sneaky cameo in the movie.
1. Colleen Hoover
The author of It Ends With Us, Colleen Hoover, makes a brief cameo in the movie as a guest at Alyssa’s party. The writer can be spotted chatting and even gets a full-screen appearance at one point. She, in conversation with E! News, shared,
I do make a cameo in the movie. And it was a tough day. All I did was stand there and pretend to be talking in a party scene, but just know that it took 12 hours to film. It was insane.
Hoover said that she didn’t understand how actors do this, noting that one day of pretending to act was one of the hardest jobs for her.
The author was extremely happy with Lively playing Lily Bloom on-screen and described that it was a surreal moment for her when she was told that the Gossip Girl actress was going to make her beloved character to life on-screen.
2. Emily Baldoni and the kids
Justin Baldoni directed the movie in which he starred as Ryle Kincaid, who gets involved with Lily Bloom. The two characters’ chemistry is insanely hot, and they are passionate lovers. Fans pointed out that it could be one of the reasons why the makers [Baldoni] decided to let his wife, Emily Baldoni, make a small cameo in the movie.
Mrs. Baldoni plays Lily Bloom’s nurse, Dr. Julie, who gives her an ultrasound and reveals to her the gender of the baby. It was also reported that their kids, Maiya and Maxwell, also featured in the movie in the last scene as the two kids running around. Mr. Baldoni shared that the kids just want to act in their daddy’s movie so that they can brag about it to their friends.
3. Robyn Lively
Blake Lively served as the producer of the movie and pulled in some strings to get her half-sister Robyn Lively’s cameo. Robyn Lively was spotted at the beginning of the movie when Bloom was returning to Maine for her father’s funeral.
Robyn Lively is credited as Ms. Byland. She has previously appeared in Teen Witch, Twin Peaks, Saving Grace, and more.
4. Kevin McKidd
Grey’s Anatomy’s favorite trauma surgeon, Dr. Owen Hunt, who has appeared in about 349 episodes of the show, appeared as Andrew Bloom, Lily Bloom’s father, in It Ends With Us. The movie shares the story of Andrew Bloom’s relationship with Lily, her mother, and Atlas in flashback scenes.
Even though McKidd has appeared in Percy Jackson & Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Trainspotting, and more, he is widely recognized for his work as Owen Hunt. It was, however, refreshing for fans to see him in a different role other than saving lives.
Colleen Hoover admits Justin Baldoni ‘struggled’ to play Ryle Kincaid on-screen
In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, author Colleen Hoover, who was included in the project, shared that Justin Baldoni had second thoughts about playing Ryle Kincaid. She said,
Justin actually bought the film rights for the book. He sent me a really lovely letter saying how much the book meant to him. And as we kind of went along in the process, he was like, ‘Oh, I think I might want to direct this.’.
The author explained that she was thrilled as she had watched his previously directed movie, Five Feet Apart, and believed in his direction.
Hoover also added that during their conversation, the idea of him playing Ryle Kincaid came up, and even though he struggled with it, he managed to pull it off.
Baldoni, along with his PR team, was accused of sexual harassment and a smear campaign against Blake Lively. The actress filed a lawsuit on December 20, 2024. (via New York Times)
It Ends With Us is streaming on Netflix.
