Since her dark turn in Ben Affleckâs The Town, Hollywood has started to see Blake Lively as more than just a pretty face, and it looks like sheâll take on yet another dark role in Hick. Adapted from the Andrea Portes novel of the same name, Hick tells the story of young Nebraska girl who runs away to Las Vegas from her neglectful parents. Derrick Martini (Lymelife) is set to direct the coming-of-age drama, with Chloe Moretz attached to star as the young girl. Lively broke the news that sheâll portray the thirteen year-oldâs meth-addicted mother. Kirsten Dunst recently signed on for the project, but itâs not yet known if Livley is replacing her or if Dunst is simply playing another role in the film.In the same interview with ITN, Lively confirmed earlier reports that she will not be playing a young Carrie Bradshaw in a Sex and the City prequel, contrary to previous rumors. Hit the jump for the synopsis of Hick.Hereâs the synopsis via Amazon:
Portesâs chilling debut tracks a 13-year-old Nebraska girlâs hard-going life on the road. Young Luli knows losersâher âaging Brigitte Bardotâ mother, Tammy, and her father, Nick, go at each other every night at the Alibi, the watering hole in hometown Palmyra, Neb. Tammy runs away one morning, and Nick soon follows, leaving Luli alone at home with the Smith and Wesson .45 her Uncle Nipper gave her. Pistol in tow, she hitches rides heading west to Vegas.
A crooked man (literally; he âlooks like an italic,â says smart-alecky Luli) named Eddie picks her up briefly before throwing her out of the car. Next comes cocaine-snorting grifter Glenda, who enlists Luli as an accessory to a robbery that goes awry. Glenda takes Luli under her wing. The two cross paths again with Eddie, who rapes Luli and ties her up in a secluded motel. Glenda comes to her rescue, but the confrontation with Eddie ends badly.