Casting 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' - 3 Stars Who Competed for Blake Lively's Role & More Auditions Revealed

Nearly 20 years after the first movie premiered, the cast of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is still as close as ever. However, the quartet of actresses could have looked very different.

Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn played best friends united by a pair of pants that followed them on huge adventures in two movies starting back in 2005.

The perfect cast is part of what made the franchise as successful as it is, but we’ve learned that several other big actresses were in the running for the roles.

Producer Debra Martin Chase named six stars who were could have played Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget during an appearance on the Hollywood Gold podcast.

The shortlist included one actress who was famous for her role on The O.C. and several other young actresses who have gone far in Hollywood. Debra shared insight into how they selected each person for their roles and opened up about the challenges behind the decisions.

Scroll through the slideshow to see which actresses were considered for which roles…