Whos Blair? Whos Nate? Is Anybody Dan?
The new cast of Gossip Girl isn’t a warmed-over version of the last one. But the two share a lot of character traits.
Nate ➼ Aki
Evan Mock as Aki. Chace Crawford as Nate.He’s sensitive and a little clueless, not unlike Nate; a cinephile who name-drops Gaspar Noé; a bit queer but with a Blair-like girlfriend, Audrey.
Blair + Serena ➼ Julien
Blake Lively as Serena, Leighton Meester as Blair, and Jordan Alexander as Julien.She’s Blair in the pecking order but Serena in cool-girl status (think Hannah Bronfman); an influencer for clout, not money.
Jenny + Serena + Vanessa ➼ Zoya
Taylor Momsen as Jenny, Lively as Serena, jessica szohr as Vanessa, and Whitney Peak as Zoya.Julien’s half-sister, a scholarship student who lives in a rent-controlled apartment. Outsider like Jenny, do-gooder like Serena, individualist like Vanessa.
Georgina ➼ Monet + Luna
Zion Moreno as Luna, Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina, and Savannah Lee Smith as Monet.Her uncanny talent for revenge lives again in Monet and Luna, best friends and ladies-in-waiting to Julien.
Dan ➼ Obie
Penn Badgley as Dan and Eli Brown as Obie.He looks and talks like Dan; he volunteers and has a sense of right and wrong. The wealthiest of the kids and the one with the most guilt about money.
Blair ➼ Audrey
Emily Alyn Lind as Audrey and Meester as Blair.Aki’s girlfriend and Julien’s bestie has Blair’s wit, style, and interest in Audrey Hepburn but is a caretaker uninterested in power grabs or influencer status.
Chuck ➼ Max
Thomas Doherty as Max and Ed Westwick as Chuck.A sexually fluid flirt with a devilish grin. “I wrote it not realizing how much like Chuck he was,” Safran says; think Ewan McGregor meets James McAvoy.
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