It remains a mystery how significant a role the Italian actor played. However, it is known that it is a continuation of the 2018 production Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick they will return to their roles. Michele Morrone will play a wealthy Italian businessman ready to marry Emily (Lively). Their extravagant wedding is to take place on the island of Capri.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, viewers in the second part “A simple favor” can expect many surprising plot twists, and there will be plenty of dead bodies. The author of the script is Jessica Sharzer, the same one who wrote the script for the first film.
Some of the already known cast will also return for the sequel, including Aparna Nancherla, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho and Kelly McCormack.
Shooting for the film is scheduled to begin this spring. Paul Feig will be behind the camera again.
Stephanie (Kendrick) is a charming but quite naive and innocent young mother for whom the height of transgression and risk is crossing the street when a red light is on. Emily (Lively) is a beautiful, liberated, successful woman who holds her life by the horns. The ladies meet at their sons' school and immediately become friends. Friends need to support each other, so Stephanie agrees to pick up Emily's son from school one day. It would be just a simple favor if not for the fact that Emily doesn't show up to pick up the baby. And this for the next few days. Good-natured Stephanie decides to help Emily's handsome husband search for his wife. She will soon find out how little she knew about her best friend…
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