The Blake Lively Gossip Girl Audition Tape Everyone Is Talking About

Before she was married to Ryan Reynolds, and a doting-mum to baby James, Blake Lively was a young up-and-coming actress looking for her next big break,

That break well and truly came when she landed the role as the ultimate onscreen 'It' girl Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl in 2007.

Watch the audition that a then 20-year-old Blake did to land the role in the hit show.

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