Nylon November 2009 : Blake Lively by Matthew Frost

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ACT NATURAL

With her new movie, Blake Lively proves her acting talent and appeal... again.

On TV, Serena van der Woodsen changes boyfriends, life goals, and party plans on a daily basis. But Blake Lively, who embodies Serena so well on Gossip Girl, couldn't be more different.

When executive editor Stephanie Trong sat down with the fast-rising star to discuss her new movie, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, she found that the former high school class president and California native is a focused and fiercely intelligent young woman.

The one similarity between Blake and her on-screen alter ego? They pile on designer clothes with the glee of a tween stacking her first set of plastic bangles. But nobody can blame her - if we had a Serena / Blake closet experience, we'd do it, too.

Check out photos of Blake from the November issue of NYLON, then get the real thing on newsstands now. But you'd already have it in your hands if you were a subscriber...

Blake on her new film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. "I had a leash around my neck, and Julianne Moore was taking pictures. I thought, What am I doing with my life? What is happening? How is this a good idea?"

How she pranks her friends. "I [credit-card] swipe my friends with, like, my phone or something, - I slide it in their butts. Like in middle school! You say ‘Visa! Mastercard!’ Just to give somebody a jump. I’m a prankster."

Her empathetic nature. "I feel a lot. I get really bad stomachaches all the time. So I went to a doctor, and he said, 'You’re a feeler. I take on people’s pain a little too much."

Is she completely different from Serena? "No, because I dress just like Serena! I own half her wardrobe, so it’s far too similar to the way I dress. I feel ridiculous at times with her – because I’m, you know, killing someone or marrying someone, but I look like me. I’m like, ‘Oh, this is absurd.’"

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[tarsha]

Blake looks better on this cover than he looked on the cover of US Vogue.

[vogue28]

I've seen Blake's photos a million times before. But I guess it fits Nylon's aesthetic..

[Filipe]

Blake is great and so is the cover! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[tanii94]

Nylon covers always bore me but I love Blake.

[VogueElle Addict]

God bless Serena!!!!!!!!

[iheartmodels]

Can't wait to get this in the mail! Not usually a Blake fan, but she looks gorgeous here!

[rollagasper]

Yay, finally a cover girl that I like and who has actually done something to deserve a cover.
Also, she looks great here, much better than her other NYLON cover.

[lmelanie]

it's about time!

[Katya]

I like Blake and cover looks really good

[KINGofVERSAILLES]

She's got a movie and a show out right now, she actually has an amazing sense of fashion (imo) and overall she's just such a great candidate for Nylon cover-girl....she has that look and attitude that I think suit the magazine perfectly. I love the show, I love her, I LOVE her style...perfect. Definitely buying.

[Escale Cherie II]

Ooh, I think I might buy it! I love Blake and she looks great, even though the photography/art direction/etc. bores me. I think she has the style and personality and a bit of sass that suits what the Magazine was originally meant for, just like what others have said!

[Franzy]

She looks great but I am getting sick of her. I find her very boring.

[MON]

I love her! I'll never get tired seeing her....