Nina Dobrev is looking back at one of her earlier auditions.
A few weeks ago, it was reported that the Vampire Diaries star was in the running to be the lead in the Gossip Girl spinoff about the younger years of Lily van der Woodsen.
Now, in an interview with Us Weekly, Nina reveled that she had actually forgotten about auditioning for the role until she came across the articles about it last month. She candidly shared:
“To be honest with you, when I saw that headline and I clicked on it… I didn’t remember it!
And then I read it in depth and remembered. [The articles] jogged my memory. And I was like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s right. I did audition for that. That did happen!”
The 33-year-old actress added that she didn’t mind not landing the part back then, admitting:
“I fully understood it. And I think I even remember when they sent me the audition and I was like, ‘I’m never gonna get this. I don’t look like [Kelly Rutherford]’ But I did it anyway.”
That audition did lead to bigger opportunities for her, as it introduced her to Gossip Girl casting director David Rapaport, who sang her praises to CW executives. Nina acknowledged how everything worked out for the best, saying:
“I’m glad that I did that anyway because… I think probably a month later I got [cast on] Vampire Diaries.
Everything’s a stepping stone. One thing leads to the other and it always works out exactly like it’s supposed to.”
