Okay, get ready for this: Blake Lively almost played Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby! Imagine her taking on heavyweights like Keira Knightley and Michelle Williams for the gig. Turns out she was about to land it. She even had lunch with Leonardo DiCaprio and director Baz Luhrmann to discuss the role. It looked pretty promising until Carey Mulligan stepped in, nailed her audition, and stole the show with that iconic kiss scene.

As Mulligan confessed: “I was terrified to read with him… but it said in the script that Daisy kisses Gatsby, so I asked if I should do it, and Baz said, “ Yes “. So I kissed him. Yeah, it was time. But here’s the interesting part: even though Lively didn’t get the role, she did land something else: Leo. The two reportedly hit it off and dated for five months. For a second, it looked like Blake might be the real leading lady in The Great Gatsby, but it was a short-lived romance. However, the chemistry was undeniable and Blake was won over.

She even went to great lengths to stay in touch with him while filming Gossip Girl, which show producer Joshua Safran pointed out in Vanity Fair. “Blake was ahead of the game,” he said, revealing how she would send Leo photos of a doll she was carrying around. Talk about keeping the spark alive before Instagram was even a thing. Blake Lively was one of the few women DiCaprio knew to date, joining the ranks of his former girlfriends like Claire Danes and Liv Tyler.

After splitting from DiCaprio, Blake Lively’s love life took another turn when she found herself with Ryan Reynolds. The two fell fast and married in 2012 after a year of dating. But Reynolds seems to have been the one. Speaking to Marie Claire, Lively explained that unlike her Gossip Girl character Serena van Der Woodsen, she doesn’t go out much. In fact, she only had “four boyfriends” and said: “If I’m not with someone who really excites or inspires me, then I’d rather be alone.” »

So even though Lively didn’t become The Great GatsbyIt’s Daisy, she ended up with her own happy ending – and it’s a pretty good one.

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