In 2008, Lively reprised her role in the sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Similar to the aboriginal film, Lively was absolutely accustomed by critics. As of November 2009, the blur had becoming over $44 actor at the box office.In 2009, Lively appeared as Gabrielle DiMarco, a accessory role in the adventurous comedy, New York, I Adulation You, a aftereffect to the 2006 blur Paris, je t'aime. Despite absolute accession from critics, the blur had a poor box appointment performance.
One of Lively's best acclaimed roles to date is her acknowledging role arena the adolescent adaptation of the appellation appearance in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009). Paul Byrnes, of the Brisbane Times, declared Lively's achievement in the blur as actuality "sensational".In October, 2009, Lively began filming her scenes for her role as Krista Coughlin, in the 2010 blur The Town, based on Chuck Hogan's atypical Prince of Thieves. In the film, Lively's role has been declared as "the sister of Jem and Doug's ex-girlfriend who has a 19-month old daughter, Shyne.
"The film, which additionally stars Ben Affleck, was appear in the United States on September 17, 2010 to analytical acclaim. In an account with Marie Claire, Lively declared that she wasn't relying on her career as an actress, accepting acquainted that accepting her own autogenous decorating close would be a acting as a back plan, and because of her 'fascination'with "colors and textures and layering things.
