London
(ANI):
Actor/director
Ben
Affleck
has
revealed
that
he
was
left
so
stunned
by
actress
Blake
Lively"s
acting
talent
when
she
auditioned
for
his
upcoming
movie
that
he
hired
her
on
the
spot.
Affleck,
37,
who
had
not
been
aware
of
22-year-old
Lively"s
fame,
thought
she
was
just
another
blonde
and
that
she
would
not
be
any
good,
but
that
was
until
he
heard
her
reading
the
script.
He
was
so
impressed
by
her
performance
that
he
not
only
gave
her
the
role
immediately,
but
also
re-wrote
the
part
of
single-mum
Krista
to
make
it
more
suitable
for
a
younger
actress.
“The
whole
movie
kind
of
hinges
in
a
lot
of
ways
on
her
performance,
and
I
knew
it
was
going
to
be
the
hardest
part
to
cast," the
Daily
Star
quoted
him
as
telling
Esquire
magazine.
“This
girl
came
in,
and
no
one
had
said
to
me
beforehand,
'Hey,
look
for
this
person".
And
obviously
she
was
really
attractive,
and
so
I
thought,
'Oh,
here
comes
some
blonde
girl".
She
came
in,
did
one
reading,
and
just
crushed
it.
I
was
sort
of
stunned.
I
said,
'Jeez,
you
know,
that
was
really
f**king
good.
Who
are
you?" She
didn"t
mention
that
she
was
on
a
television
show.
I
just
said,
'Look,
there"s
no
alternative.
I
don"t
have
a
second
choice
(in
casting
this
role)","
he
revealed.
And
Affleck
is
also
convinced
that
Lively
has
a
big
future
in
Hollywood.
“I
want
to
be
on
the
record
because
I
think
she"s
really
going
to
blow
up,
and
I
want
to
look
like
the
smart
guy.
I
didn"t
quite
discover
her,
but
at
least
I
want
to
say
I
bought
the
stock
when
it
wasn"t
500
dollars
a
share," he
added.