Alden Ehrenreich Was Almost Dan on Gossip Girl
In an alternate universe, Han Solo was the Gossip Girl. In a new interview with EW, casting director David Rapaport opened up about casting some of the biggest roles of his career, including the leads of Gossip Girl.
And while it's hard to imagine anyone besides Penn Badgley playing Dan now, Rapaport originally had someone else in mind. "Before Penn was involved, I desperately wanted Alden Ehrenreich to play Dan," Rapaport told the magazine. Ehrenreich, then having only guested on Supernatural and CSI, even came in to read for the part, but producers decided the actor was too short to play love interest to Blake Lively.
(Lively is 5'10".
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