Nina Dobrev is remembering one of her earlier auditions!

Last month, it was reported that the 33-year-old actress nearly starred in Gossip Girl spinoff about a young Lily van der Woodsen.

In a recent interview with Us Weekly, Nina revealed she didn’t even remember auditioning for the role until she read some of the articles.

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“To be honest with you, when I saw that headline and I clicked on it … I didn’t remember it,” she told the outlet. “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.’”

While the Vampire Diaries star didn’t land the part, she didn’t mind.

“I fully understood it,” she admitted. “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.”

However, the opportunity introduced her to Gossip Girl casting director David Rapaport, who praised her to CW executives.

“I’m glad that I did that anyway because … I think probably a month later I got [cast on] Vampire Diaries,” she recalled. “Everything’s a stepping stone. One thing leads to the other and it always works out exactly like it’s supposed to.”

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