Exclusive: The Rhythm Section director explains release date changes
A year since its original release date, Blake Lively's spy thriller The Rhythm Section is coming to cinemas, but there's a very good reason for the delays.
Speaking to Digital Spy, director Reed Morano explained that the release date changes were down to two major factors: the on-set injury to Lively and the birth of Lively's third child.
"I think anyone could see from the outside, we had a gigantic hiatus. So our first release date, we would have had no time to finish the movie, and it's a huge film. We would have had no time to do all the things we needed to do," Morano reflected.
"Then the second time we had to push the release date, well, Blake was pregnant. She was on maternity leave and people need maternity leave in this industry and in all industries.
"So I think that's something people forget about and they don't realise, to put a movie out and do all the publicity and all of that is a tonne of pressure and work for a star of a movie. People are very quick to jump to the worst conclusion."
The injury that Morano is referring to happened in December 2017 when Lively injured her hand when filming an action scene which required surgery.
"At the time, it was just awful. We were trying to avoid it obviously as one always is, and the worst part is just feeling like this really is terrible because someone got hurt, you don't want that," she noted.
"And I would say that when it's all said and done obviously if I can go back in time that would prevent that from happening in any way that we could. We took an extra long hiatus on purpose because we really wanted to make sure that Blake was fully healed.
"We could have done without [the break], but we utilised it. Blake and I were able to do more work on all sorts of things and we used that time. But yeah, I mean, obviously we would rather it didn't happen."
The Rhythm Section is released in cinemas on January 31.
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