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Blake Lively is celebrating It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover on her birthday.
As Hoover marked her 45th birthday Wednesday, Dec. 11, the actress, 37, shared a photo of her, Hoover and two others enjoying street corn on her Instagram Stories and penned a message honoring Hoover, set to the Wicked song “For Good,” as sung by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.
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Hoover announced that Lively would star with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni in the film’s adaptation in an Instagram post back in January 2023. The movie featured Lively as Lily Bloom, while Baldoni, 40, played Ryle. Brandon Sklenar portrayed Lily’s high school sweetheart Atlas, while Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj and Amy Morton rounded out the cast.
Hoover was complimentary of Lively’s work on the movie as both actor and producer while she spoke with PEOPLE back in August, saying Lively gives a “captivating, stunning and emotional” performance in It Ends With Us.
It Ends With Us is now streaming on Netflix.