Blake Lively claimed Colleen Hoover was “reluctant” to hire a man to direct the film adaptation of It Ends With Us, before eventually agreeing to let Justin Baldoni take the helm.

In documents seen by Us Weekly on Thursday, December 4, Lively, 38, and her legal team argued that Hoover, 45, originally planned for a woman to direct the movie.

As part of their argument that Baldoni, 41, and his production company Wayfarer “curated a misleading feminist brand,” Lively’s legal team alleged that, “Hoover was reluctant to option the Film to a man, but agreed to sell the rights to Wayfarer.”

The documents also claimed that before Baldoni was on board, “Hoover explicitly requested that a woman direct the Film.”

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