Blake Lively thoroughly enjoyed Jason Kelce's in-depth review of her 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
The actress took to her Instagram Story on Friday to share her reaction to the former NFL player's comments about the coming-of-age film. During a recent episode of him and his brother Travis Kelce New heights podcast, Jason couldn't fully understand the meaning behind the “pants”, as they “didn't have much to do with the plot”.
Lively explained that Ann Brashares, the author of the book on which the film is based, told her during the filming of the film “that she actually added the pants after the book was written because she was given the message of add a 'magical element'”.
“Mind you, this is when Harry Potter hit, so everyone was looking for magic in children's books,” the It ends with us Stella continued. “She used pants as a tangible object to illustrate the sometimes inexplicable magic of female bonding. What connects us invisibly, near or far. And here it is Travel trousers. The Sisterhood of Traveling Jeggings was not very successful. Now that would be Sisterhood of the Printed Jean Pajama Pants. I'm here for everyone.”
The actress also called Jason “a born investigative journalist who sniffs out the hidden truth” of the film.
(LR) Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.”
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Lively starred alongside America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel in the film directed by Ken Kwapis. They later reprized their roles for a 2008 sequel.
Jason and Travis both praised Lively for her performance in the film, which was also her film debut. “She was absolutely wonderful as Bridget,” Jason said before Travis added, “I may have been a little biased, but I thought Bridget's story was the most relatable and the funniest.”
The former Philadelphia Eagles player also noted that his wife, Kylie Kelce, chastised him for not initially understanding the symbolic meaning behind the pants.
“Kylie said, 'You idiot, it's a symbol that their friends are always with them,'” Jason said. “And I was like, 'Oh, OK, that makes sense.' I guess I'll kind of take the pants. I wanted the pants to be a big part of the whole thing. I wanted them to actually have magical powers in some way. And when they didn't and they just became a pair of jeggings that fit the shape of everyone, it was a little disappointing.”