{"id":4560,"date":"2010-01-09T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T19:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2010-01-09T14:04:43","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T19:04:43","slug":"blake-lively-impressed-in-auditions-scores-green-lantern-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/01\/09\/blake-lively-impressed-in-auditions-scores-green-lantern-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Impresses in Auditions, Scores &#8220;Green Lantern&#8221; Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; star Blake Lively has booked the role of Carol Ferris in the anticipated upcoming film adaptation &#8220;Green Lantern<\/p>\n<p>Lively stars opposite Ryan Reynolds (who plays the title character) in the upcoming film, which is aiming for a summer 2011 release.<\/p>\n<p>Ferris is ultimately responsible for hiring Hal Jordan (Reynolds) as a test pilot; she serves as a love interest and later becomes the Green Lantern&#8217;s nemesis Star Sapphire, although it has not been clear if the latter development will have a presence in the 2011 film.<\/p>\n<p>The casting of Lively, who is hardly one of the industry&#8217;s more acclaimed actresses, in the role has elicited some heat from &#8220;Lantern&#8221; fans, especially since the casting was intended to skew older (Jennifer Garner and Keri Russell were reportedly frontrunners).<\/p>\n<p>THR nonetheless reports that Warner Bros. executives were very impressed with her audition.  Her work in feature &#8220;The Town&#8221; also drew positive buzz from those making the decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=blake lively&#038;iid=7407731\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/0\/c\/a\/1\/Perhaps_Blake_Lively_a7e5.jpg?adImageId=8885160&#038;imageId=7407731\" width=\"380\" height=\"502\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Perhaps Blake Lively Should Enlist Sherlock Holmes To Locate Her Skirt!\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blake Lively Impresses in Auditions, Scores &quot;Green Lantern&quot; 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