Kristen Bell lobbied for 'Gossip' job

Los Angeles -- U.S. actress Kristen Bell said she had no qualms about asking The CW for another job shortly after the network canceled her series "Veronica Mars."

Bell played a college-age detective on "Mars" before the well-reviewed show was axed due to low ratings.

The actress, who will soon be seen in the big-screen comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," joined the ensemble of NBC's "Heroes" last year and can also be heard as the narrator in The CW's hit teen drama "Gossip Girl."

"I was just about to leave for Hawaii and I had heard about 'Gossip Girl' and that there was a narrator and I knew I probably couldn't play 16 any more, but I called (the head of The CW) up and I said: 'Remember last week when you canceled "Veronica Mars?" I happen to be out of work this fall. Can I have the narrating job?' I just pitched myself for it," Bell told reporters in Los Angeles recently.

"I'm not an idiot. I've got a mortgage to pay. I was kind of like, I don't want to be out of work for six months."

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