The author continued, “I didn’t know that neurosurgeons went to school for 50 years. There’s not a 20-something neurosurgeon. As I started making this movie, I’m like, ‘We need to age them out because I messed up.’ So that’s my fault.”
The costumes are causing a lot of backlash as well.
As photos from the set made their way onto the internet, many fans began expressing confusion over Lily’s outfits, particularly this double-pants ensemble:
“Every photo that’s released just keeps getting worse and worse,” one commenter wrote under a TikTok video in May 2023, while another wrote, “This feels like a prank now.”
Hoover also defended the wardrobe choices at Book Bonanza on June 23, 2023 saying, “You’ve seen a couple of outfits that are completely out of context. I’m not worried about it.”
“I don’t remember describing outfits at all,” she also said, per Today. “I don’t care what they have on. In my head, it’s about the conversation they’re having and the story.”
When production picked back up in January 2024, Lively was spotted in an eclectic look that didn’t ease fan concerns. “What is this?” one TikTok user asked in a video showing Lively in wide-leg patchwork jeans that were paired with clashing multicolored quilted shirt jacket and second patterned coat. “Every single outfit that I’ve seen for this character has just been so ridiculous and awful that it has made people genuinely worried about this movie, me included,” he said.
“I would have loved a quirky wardrobe,” another user wrote in the video’s comments section. “But this isn’t a cute quirky.”
Now, we have another bohemian filming ‘fit to process. While shooting a farmer’s market scene in New Jersey on January 11, Lively was photographed wearing a long sherpa-lined denim coat, blue and red patchwork shirt, cream-colored crop top, high-waisted blue trousers, and fire engine red platform lace-up boots with a towering heel. Juxtaposed with the rest of what she’s worn for the role so far, this look is—dare I say it—comparably palatable. Perhaps the costume department is listening to fan concerns and taking direct action? Or maybe they were just getting the worst of Lily Bloom’s e wardrobe out of the way? Mercifully, it seems we’re moving in the right direction here: towards something a non-fictional woman might actually choose to wear.
