On March 12, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, who play Lowen and Jeremy, respectively, were filming outside New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. Photos showed Johnson covered with fake blood, which ran down her face onto her long overcoat and was smeared on her headphones.

Dakota Johnson was photographed being splashed with fake blood on the set of 'Verity' in New York City on Wednesday, March 12. The star was filming a scene with costar Josh Hartnett.

The pressure was on as Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett and Anne Hathaway began filming the first scenes of Verity. On Wednesday, March 12, Johnson and Hartnett were spotted shooting the opening moments of the thrilling movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover's hit 2018 novel — prompting fans to express their desire for the author's latest project to come out better than the legal mess Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni turned It Ends With Us into.

It's official-filming is underway for the upcoming film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's Verity! Stars Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett have been spotted shooting in New York City, giving us a sneak peek at their roles as author Verity Crawford and her husband Jeremy Crawford,

It didn’t end with Blake Lively. Another of Colleen Hoover’s novels is getting the big-screen treatment, this time with Anne Hathaway in the lead. Like many of Hoover’s books, Verity was a veritable (pun intended) BookTok sensation, for better and for worse. It was self-published in 2018 and has since sold over 2 million copies.