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Meet Blake Lively, the Next Big Thing

Gossip Girl actress poised for success in film

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 12, 2010 10:46 AM CST

(Newser) – Blake Lively is poised to become a bonafide star, and Ryan D'Agostino thinks he may have scored the last-ever interview with the real her, as she bakes him a pie while discussing her blossoming career. Another person wants his early associations with the Gossip Girl made known, too: Ben Affleck, who cast her in September’s The Town. “I didn't quite discover her, but at least I want to say I bought the stock when it wasn't $500 a share,” he says.

Lively is going from star of a cult fave TV show to serious movies like The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and her continued upward trajectory seems inevitable. “I know everybody compares it to a roller coaster,” Lively says in the Esquire interview, “but this is like the part of the roller coaster where maybe you've already taken a big dip, but then there's going to be another unexpected one. A big loop. It feels like something else is going on.”

Blake Lively is shown on the cover of Esquire.
Blake Lively is shown on the cover of Esquire.   (Esquire via New York Daily News)
Actress Blake Lively attends the premiere of Sherlock Holmes at Lincoln Center in New York, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.
Actress Blake Lively attends the premiere of "Sherlock Holmes" at Lincoln Center in New York, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Actress Blake Lively arrives to the New York premiere of the film Where the Wild Things Are, Tuesday, Oct., 13, 2009.
Actress Blake Lively arrives to the New York premiere of the film Where the Wild Things Are, Tuesday, Oct., 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 8 comments
cognitivefilter
Jan 13, 2010 12:39 PM CST
the gossip girl!!! she has nice hair i guess.
Michael_CT
Jan 13, 2010 9:24 AM CST
Love her.
elderban
Jan 12, 2010 6:59 AM CST
The media says she's the next big thing, so it MUST be true!!! /sarcasm

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