London, February 19: Actress Blake Lively has been roped in to star as a drug addict mother of a 13-year-old girl in new movie “Hick”.
Lively will play the mother of teenaged Nebraskan girl Chloe Moretz, who runs away to Las Vegas armed with a gun after her parents abandon her.
The film also stars “My Week With Marilyn” star Eddie Redmayne to play a loner who tries luring the young girl away, reports contactmusic.com.
Lively will next be seen on the big screen opposite Ryan Reynolds in “Green Lantern”.
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