In a 2015 Allure interview, Blake Lively confessed she felt conflicted about the role that launched her career: Teenage "It Girl" Serena Van Der Woodsen in "Gossip Girl," based on a book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar (via Goodreads). She told the magazine, "People loved it, but it always felt a little personally compromising – you want to be putting a better message out there."
The show, which received a glossy, progressive reboot in 2021, catalogs the white-collar sins and schemes of an elite group of teenagers on New York City's Upper East Side. After a mysterious absence, Serena returns to Manhattan and tries to rehabilitate her "debauched socialite" reputation by distancing herself from her cutthroat wealthy friends — but the "Page Six" fixture has some dark secrets of her own.
Lively was 20 years old when she joined the hit series, which ran from 2007 to 2012. Despite the indelible effect "Gossip Girl" had on her image, she felt that the character of Serena didn't align with her personal values. "It's a weird thing when people feel like they know you really well, and they don't. I would not be proud to be the person who gave someone the cocaine that made them overdose and then shot someone and slept with someone else's boyfriend," said Lively, enumerating Serena's many morally questionable choices throughout the series. The actress has also publicly distanced herself from Serena's "party girl" persona by openly discussing her decision to refrain from drinking (via People).
Fans may also be surprised to know that, prior to being cast in "Gossip Girl," Lively planned to quit acting and initially turned down the role of Serena so she could attend college, per Vanity Fair's 10-year anniversary story.
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