Blake Lively is a Vogue cover star, but not everyone is happy about it.
The shoot of the “It Ends with Us” actress was directed and shot by the famous film director Baz Luhrmann, who designed settings for magazine shoots inspired by British film director Alfred Hitchcock. Lively is featured on the cover of the magazine’s Praise September issue, along with fellow actor and friend Hugh Jackman.
“I’m a very shy person, so I don’t really like doing photo shoots, because when you’re acting, you’re playing a character. And I’m not… I’m not very comfortable being in public. That’s part of why I don’t want to be on the magazine. I know that’s not what I’m supposed to say. I mean, I think this is my first cover in four years,” she said. . he told Vogue magazine.
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Lively continued, “I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Buzz is my favorite director. I just love Buzz so much because he celebrates love. People who love like that… There’s no one.”
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In the interview, she also talked about her friendship with pop superstar Taylor Swift, comparing her to Jackman and saying, “Being friends with her is the most beautiful, effortlessly cool, witty, fun person.” , with the added bonus of being fashionable, creative and considerate.” younger sister. “
Jackman and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds co-starred in another film, Deadpool and Wolverine, which was one of the biggest box office hits this year. The two A-list actors have a long-standing friendship and years of fake feuds that culminated in their on-screen antics as superhero characters.
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But not everyone likes Luhrmann’s creative direction or Lively’s cover. Regarding Vogue’s cover submission, some users criticized Vogue’s visuals in the comments section, while others criticized the choice to feature Lively instead of other users.
“Honestly, I’m tired of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ constant, shameless self-promotion. They’re both top-notch actors, but they’re showing off even more than that. It’s completely baffling,” one user wrote on Lively. wrote on Instagram. Others criticized Luhrmann’s creative direction, writing, “I just turned 80 just looking at this cover” and “Man, this has so much potential.”
On X, one commentator said, “Blake is fine, but that’s not all this guy wants her to say. Movie star? Isn’t he talking about white people and blondes?”
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Not everyone hated Lively’s Vogue cover. Some fans praised Lively and Luhrmann’s cover, saying the director “won’t miss it.” On Instagram, one commenter called the cover “absolutely perfect,” while another said the cover was “breathtaking.”
Lively is set to star in the film adaptation (opening Friday) of much-anticipated author Colleen Hoover’s highly anticipated book, “It Ends With Us,” which follows a man caught up in a toxic and unhealthy relationship. It depicts what happened to Lively after her death. Romance novel.
