Billy Baldwin filming ‘Gossip Girl’

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Mar 2, 2010

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William van der Woodsen has finally revealed himself — and he looks a lot like William Baldwin! Baldwin was tapped to play Serena van der Woodsen’s estranged father on “Gossip Girl,” giving the 46-year-old an on-screen daughter played by Blake Lively, 22. “The hardest thing to take in was that I was playing Blake Lively’s father,” Baldwin told EW.com. Humberto Carreno/startraksphoto.

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Billy Baldwin on the “Gossip Girl” set as Blake Lively’s troublesome father William van der Woodsen. Baldwin will appear as the absent father of Lively’s character, Serena, in episodes this spring. Doug Meszler / Splash News

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“[Baldwin’s] arrival will have a huge impact on Serena and on her mother, played by Kelly Rutherford,” according to a “Gossip Girl” source. Fans of the CW teen drama have already seen Lively’s character try a series of stunts to get her father’s attention. Doug Meszler / Splash News

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