It was like there was a Gossip Girl in our system. It was the ultimate irony for a TV show all about an anonymous online presence threatening to find themselves at the mercy of one. But it also seemed to be an indicator of what was to come, as. As Kristen Bell , who voiced the omnipresent Gossip Girl for all six seasons, put it to Vanity Fair , "[Schwartz and Savage] were spearheading: 'What if the Internet is just a place to judge people?
What if that's what it turns into? Years later, Crawford recalled the hysteria that would happen when they filmed scenes on location. Within an hour, 10 girls multiplied to ," he said. Ed and I were crossing Park Avenue and had a ring of girls around us.
We got stuck on the median and our make-up people had to fight them off. They were getting their hair pulled and had to throw elbows to get us through. Jason Gay , the writer of the Rolling Stone cover story featuring Lively and Meester, got to witness the on-set frenzy firsthand. It's very strange to see a mob of paparazzi photograph Blake and Leighton in character as they film an outdoor scene," he wrote. Alas, like any pop culture phenomenon, the Gossip Girl wave eventually crested.
After helping set The CW brand, the network slowly shifted toward genre programming, thanks to the success of The Vampire Diaries and Arrow. And the cast was ready to move on, growing tired of the over-the-top storylines and becoming almost bitter about being so tied to their respective character, none more so than Badgley, who became known for dissing the series in interviews at the time.
They were kids. They were young. So Gossip Girl came to a controversial end in , with the series finally revealing who Gossip Girl was Yes, really. Badgley still has a hard time explaining it. Still, Schwartz maintained that Dan was their GG from the very start despite the anonymous blogger consistently trying to ruin his life, as well as attempt to take down his friends and family, over the years.
It was whether we were going to reveal it. Interestingly, in the pilot episode, the test audience thought that Dan was Gossip Girl," he told E! News after the finale aired. It's when he's on the computer looking at Gossip Girl, the way it was edited that he was typing as the voice was coming up, people thought that they were being told that he was Gossip Girl. So we actually had to re-edit that sequence.
The show that helped launch OMFG-moments basically went out with shrug emoji. Longtime viewers and new fans alike were constantly and consistently rewatching the series, much like The Office and Friends , becoming comfort food in TV form or a new obsession for Generation Z. And Nate was obviously eye candy. While the series "definitely" feels dated for year-old Mairead Devito, she's watched the entire series through three times.
But given ever-increasing amount of streaming platforms popping up to give Netflix a run for their money, it remains to be seen if viewers will make the jump to WarnerMedia's HBO Max to follow this next gen of Upper East Siders. Trending Stories. The CW. But it also seemed to be an indicator of what was to come, as As Kristen Bell , who voiced the omnipresent Gossip Girl for all six seasons, put it to Vanity Fair , "[Schwartz and Savage] were spearheading: 'What if the Internet is just a place to judge people?
The last time she watched an episode? Just two weeks ago. A good sign for the Gossip Girl team? Murray's response to the reboot news.
By: Mursal Rahman. Gossip Girl isn't an extremely old show; it only ended 9 years ago, so why release a reboot? The obsession with Gossip Girl is ultimately why there is now a reboot, but what was the obsession all about?
Watching the characters hang out in these places definitely fueled the desire to visit those places as well. It could be that fans of the show were just trying to live out their New York City dreams simultaneously through the characters on the show.
Almost all the characters on the show had very dynamic and distinct personalities; Blair Waldorf being one of the most unique characters that always wanted to be seen as this polished and powerful woman but secretly held many insecurities, and Chuck Bass was the character nobody liked in the beginning but later redeemed himself and became a man worthy of love. Emma Dibdin wrote a spectacular analysis of the retroactive ramifications of the Dan-as—Gossip Girl fiasco for Cosmopolitan.
Why did he let the world know about his relationship with Serena after they both agreed to keep quiet? Why did he later let the world know he was also hooking up with his teacher, which ruined his relationship with Serena? The clumsiness of this is highlighted by how unnecessary it was. While the Gossip Girl question was a running plotline, the actual reason we watched the show was because we were fascinated by the lives of the characters, not the identity of the person occasionally chiming in to reveal facts about the characters.
As pointed out in the Season 2 finale, the real Gossip Girl was everybody who ratted out their friends to an anonymous blogger. Plus, Ryen closes it out with some listener-submitted Life Advice questions. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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