Chace Crawford recalls auditioning for Friday Night Lights while Taylor Kitsch slept on his couch

Us Weekly

“It was for Jason Street, the quarterback. … I kind of knew in my head, ‘This is gonna be the best thing this year, or possible, or maybe ever … this could be the coolest thing ever,’” Crawford told his former Gossip Girl co-star Jessica Szohr’s on her XOXO podcast, according to Us Weekly. Crawford and the Canada-based Kitsch co-starred in the 2006 movie The Covenant. “Kitsch kind of hit me (up) and was like, ‘Yo, can I stay with you in L.A.? I’ve got to go do the same thing you’re doing.' He’s staying on my couch, he ends up going in, obviously for Tim Riggins. And I’m thinking, like, ‘This is the greatest thing. This could be the most epic thing in the world, you know, we just did this movie (together).'" But obviously, Crawford didn't get the role that went to Scott Porter. So he ended up auditioning for Gossip Girl after reading its "ridiculous" script.