Upper East Siders, get ready: Gossip Girl is making a comeback. With ten hour-long episodes, a spinoff of the hit 2000s show will debut on the upcoming streaming service HBO Max, depicting a new generation of rich and popular prep-school teenagers. It’s the ideal time to resurrect the famous gossip website for New York City’s youthful elite in the era of social media celebrities and influencers.
What is the Gossip Girl Reboot about?
Your personal favourites are conspicuously absent from the list. While the original cast— Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chase Crawford, and Ed Westwick— may play “where are they now?” and hopefully sneak in a few cameos here and there, the reboot will focus on a new generation of impossibly stylish and wealthy teens living in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Who will be the one returning actress? Kristen Bell will reprise her role as Gossip Girl’s voice.
The Hollywood Reporter quoted screenwriter Joshua Safran as saying, “It’s just a fresh look at this particular culture in New York, the premise being that society changes constantly.” “Why has the world changed, how has social media and its impact changed?” “Both of these things cause us to look at the world 12 years later rather than simply retell the story.”
According to Deadline, production began on November 2 in New York, with director Karena Evans directing the first two episodes. Her previous credits include P-Valley episodes and Drake’s music videos “Good for What” and “God’s Plan.”
Let’s take a look at the cast of Gossip Girl Reboot!
1. Jordan Alexander
Julien Calloway is played by Jordan Alexander. Sacred Lies and Unbury the Biscuit are among the TV shows in which the Canadian actress and singer has appeared.
2. Evan Mock
Evan Mock, a skateboarder and model, plays Akeno “Aki” Menzies in his first acting role. We don’t know anything about his job yet, but we’ve already seen him on set with a skateboard.
3. Savannah Smith
Monet de Haan is played by Savannah Smith. Smith, a student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, has landed her first acting job on Gossip Girl. According to Deadline, she’ll be playing a cool girl at school, which we can tell from her outfits.
4. Emily Alyn Lind
Audrey Hope is played by actress and singer Emily Alyn Lind, who “has been in a long term relationship and is starting to wonder what else could be out there,” according to Deadline in March 2020. Lind previously starred as Ariel in the CBS medical drama Code Black and as young Amanda Clarke in the ABC series Revenge. Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Criminal Minds, Hawaii Five-0, The Secret Life of Bees, The Babysitter, and other shows have featured her.
5. Whitney Peak
Zoya Lott is played by Whitney Peak. She previously appeared in several episodes of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 3 as Judith Blackwood. The 17-year-old was born in Uganda and has appeared in small roles in films such as Molly’s Game, which was nominated for an Academy Award, and CW’s iZombie.
6. Eli Browm
Otto “Obie” Bergmann IV is played by Eli Brown. Brown is best known for his role as Dylan Walker on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists on Freeform. The F**k-It List and Run Hide Fight are two of the actor’s 2020 films, and he’s also a singer-songwriter.
7. Thomas Doherty
8. Zion Moreno
9. Tavi gevinson
