- Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl, TV, 2007-2012. According to director David Rapaport, CBS first desired Olsen and Rumer Willis (Bruce’s daughter) for Blair and Serena. Meester and Blake Lively were lesser known and, therefore, more credible as privileged prep school teens on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Think Beverly Hills 90210 with a new number… in Upper West Side Manhattan. Jennifer Lawrence also auditioned for Serena Celia van der Woodsen
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