When Blake Lively, who rose to fame in the 2000s in Gossip Girl, was cast as the main character, fans became even more excited, describing her as the perfect choice to play Lily Bloom, a young woman who grew up witnessing domestic abuse and winds up in the same position years later.

Fans were quick to pick up on a rift between Director-star Justin Baldoni and the rest of the cast. Then public opinion quickly turned against Lively as her tone-deaf marketing ef