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Blake Lively - Source: Reuters -
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Call it a guilty pleasure, call it trash, the fact is
Gossip
Girl is compulsory viewing in my household. One of the only
programmes my boyfriend and I can agree to watch together.
It's escapism at its best - beautiful people, beautiful clothes,
ridiculous storylines.
It's this century's answer to Dynasty.
The show has become an international hit with teenagers and
immature adults alike.
So we shouldn't be surprised that one of the stars of the show -
Blake Lively - is thinking about moving on. Setting her sights on
the bigger prize of feature films.
For those who have never had the immense pleasure of watching
Gossip Girl, Lively is a tall, blonde goddess with legs up to her
eyes and an unnaturally pert bosom.
In fact, the girls over at
Go Fug Yourself have taken to calling her Boobs
Legsly, and there really is no more fitting name.
So yes, we can all agree she is an exquisitely beautiful creature.
And that will always help in life, especially in Hollywood.
But let's not get carried away. Lively's acting credentials are
mediocre at best.
The daughter of two unknown actors, her first on screen role was in
a film her father directed - Sandman.
Nepotism does not equal talent. Just ask Tori Spelling.
Her next role was in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - a
made-for-television film that was somehow allowed to enter
cinemas.
And then she scored Gossip Girl. A show that has made her, if not a
household name, certainly a familiar face (and other body
part).
Gossip Girl granted her instant red carpet access and tabloid
entry. Her blonde tresses are regularly seen flicked across the
pages of the biggest weekly magazines.
It's understandable Lively might have developed an over-inflated
sense of importance.
But she is about to fall into a well worn trap - one that has
broken many an actress before her.
Lively doesn't realise that her A-list access card comes with
conditions. Namely - that you need to be on an A-list show to keep
it.
The card wasn't issued to Lively - it was issued to an actress on
Gossip Girl. And if Lively leaves the show, her privileges will be
revoked and passed on to whichever blonde replaces her.
Since joining Gossip Girl, Lively has featured (not starred) in six
films. None of which you will have heard of.
Even Katherine Heigel had the sense to wait for a big hit before
ditching Grey's Anatomy. And look how well that's worked out for
her.
Killers - her most recent film - was so badly panned by critics,
she pulled out of the film's promotional tour and stopped attending
premieres.
Lively may see Gossip Girl as a springboard to a Hollywood career
but I suggest she looks before she leaps. She might just see the
corpses of many a leggy blonde before her.
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