Nicole Rivelli
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in “It Ends With Us”
Note: This article contains spoilers for It ends with usnow in cinemas.
Lily’s discovery that she is pregnant with Ryle’s child is one of the most emotional scenes in It ends with us, both in Colleen Hoover’s 2016 book and in the new film adaptation. However, the plot is presented subtly differently on screen.
A hospital visit with Atlas (Brandon Sklenar) after Ryle (Justin Baldoni) attacks Lily (Blake Lively) leaves her deeply shaken when she learns she is pregnant. Atlas then takes her to his home so she can rest and recover. There she expresses her fears about motherhood and he says if she chooses to go for it, she will be a great mother.
The commentary is brief, but the film’s screenwriter Christy Hall told PEOPLE it was “important” to her to include it.
“I think the novel is absolutely perfect, but it was also written a few years ago, so there were opportunities to modernize it with a lot of respect,” she says.
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“In the book, the pregnancy is talked about in a way where everyone automatically assumes she’s going to get it and keep it. The way Atlas talks about it, the way Ryle talks about it, the way even Lily thinks about it, it’s already automatic,” Hall says.
“No one ever asks a question. It’s automatic: ‘Well, it’s quite clear what you’re going to do,'” she adds.