These celebrities were on their way to play Young Lily van der Woodsen
Gossip girl Casting manager David Rapaport dished to Jessica about Gossip girl Spinoff centered on Serena’s mother, Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), with a pilot that played the lead role Brittany Snow and Crown Ritter.
“I remember for that Dakota Johnson Come in and Rooney Maraand many other women who are now kind of big names but at that time did not have that kind of status, “he reminded Xoxo. “And you know who read best for it? I tell you, because I think you are friend with Nina DobrevIt was one of the best auditions I’ve ever seen, and for that role specifically. “
David said he called the network and told them: “She’s a superstar.”
The question, but as he remembers on the podcast was that “she doesn’t look like Kelly Rutherford, because she would be a young Kelly Rutherford.”
Yet she emphasized the network that they needed to keep Degrassi: Next generation Star on their radar, “‘and you have to find something for her,” “he remembered. “I just remember thinking, ‘I will think of this girl in a couple of years and be like,’ oh good, I missed that opportunity. ‘She was so incredible!”
