In the drama series Gossip Girl, Blake Lively played Serena van der Woodsen, who was definitely the It Girl of the series. The character was charming, secretive, and had her own flaws that made Serena more relatable to young girls.
Many girls aspired to be Serena, but Jennifer Lawrence tried and failed to land a role on Gossip Girl. During an interview, one of the creators of the series, Josh Schwartz, stated that Lawrence once auditioned for the role of Serena.
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Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for Gossip Girl when she was a teenager
For six seasons, people watched Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl. Fans couldn’t picture the series without Lively after witnessing her portrayal of the character for so long. However, when Josh Schwartz said that Jennifer Lawrence was interested in playing Serena in Gossip Girl, many fans began to wonder if Lawrence could have done the character right. Schwartz revealed that the No Hard Feelings actress auditioned for the role of Serena when she was a teenager. During an interview, the 46-year-old screenwriter said,
“We did not realize this at the time, but Jennifer Lawrence really wanted to play Serena and auditioned. This story came to us secondhand, but we were told she definitely auditioned and was bummed to not get it.”
He further added,
“We can’t remember if we saw it or not. It was ten years ago, and she would’ve been how old, 15?”
Lawrence was reportedly very upset after she wasn’t selected to play the part. A fan wrote on Twitter, “JLaw dodged the bullet.” In 2010, the 32-year-old actress got her big break with the movie Winter’s Bone. The actress played the role of Ree Dolly and received an Oscar nomination for it.
Blake Lively was not happy with her Gossip Girl character’s choices
Lively’s Gossip Girl persona gave her her big break, but she wasn’t happy with the message she was conveying through her role. Because of the awful decisions Serena made in her life, the 35-year-old actress believed her character might be a bad influence on the younger generation. In the series, Lively’s character Serena was seen committing several unethical actions, starting from sleeping with her best friend’s boyfriend to drug abuse. While talking about her character, Lively said,
“People loved it, but it always felt a little personally compromising—you want to be putting a better message out there.”
From 2007 to 2012, Gossip Girl aired for six seasons. Serena, Lively’s character in the series, did have a happy ending with Dan, but The Town star decided to take a break from acting when the series concluded. The actress reportedly took a three-year break from performing to focus on herself and her family. During the years when she wasn’t working on acting endeavors, she started her lifestyle website.
Source: The Things; E News; Backstage
