Early this month, Actor Ed Westwick – best known for playing Donald Trump Jr.-style real estate heir Chuck Bass gossip girl — Broadcast live on TikTok and told his followers, gossip girl A “reboot” or “spin-off show” with the original cast.
Despite the suspicions gossip girl Creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage talk rolling stone Fans shouldn’t get their hopes up for a reboot with the original cast any time soon.
In an interview to promote his upcoming book Welcome to OCa comprehensive (and entertaining) oral history of the popular Fox series, now in its 20th season.th Anniversary, and written by our own Alan Sepinwall, Schwartz and Savage spoke a little gossip girl. As for Westwick’s appeal, Schwartz shuts down any speculation by saying “no.”
“What we had was gossip girl Rikel, which we produced two years ago, but often you make it work, people like it, it’s a miracle, and you should walk away victorious,” he said. To tell.
HBO Max gossip girl Created by Josh Safran and produced by Schwartz and Savage, it failed to connect with viewers and critics.It looked like this euphoria-lite and, in my opinion, seriously lacked the humor and playfulness of the original. Despite extensive promotional efforts, the show was canceled after the 22nd episode of Season 2. When asked why Requel didn’t land well, Schwartz paused for a long time before replying, “I don’t know.”
“Look, we can only talk about what we do as writers, and obviously we’re always trying to find that balance.” [between humor and drama]” he continues. “That show told the story with a different tone and different characters and had a different approach. We knew right away who Gossip Girl was, and we did it in a way that we’re proud of. We took the original concept and flipped it on its head. It was important to creator Josh Safran that it be different from the original show.”
O.G. gossip girl It aired for six seasons and 121 episodes and became a bona fide cultural phenomenon, with its cast appearing on magazine covers. rolling stone. It also featured the surprisingly high-profile New York University character Willa Weinstein, whose father was movie mogul Harvey Weinstein (currently in prison for a series of rape charges). Something is hinted at. Apparently, Weinstein wasn’t happy about his daughter being a character on her show.
“Stephanie is very An angry phone call from Harvey Weinstein. He is now in prison. We can talk about it. He can’t hurt you,” Schwartz joked to Savage, but Savage still seems very scared of Weinstein.
“That was the starting point for Harvey Weinstein to call me, because he had something he wanted to do with this show. I never said that the character was his daughter, but she was given his last name. ,” Savage explains. “I didn’t even know he had a daughter. It felt like too much to him and he was just like, ‘Who do we think we are?’ We tried ADR to fix that. But that meant that Harvey Weinstein had my cell phone number and that he could call me whenever he needed me. anything. From what we’ve found, this man doesn’t take “no” for an answer. ”
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Nate Archibald, played by Chace Crawford, was modeled after Jared Kushner. Like Kushner, Archibald is the descendant of a wealthy family whose father went to prison for financial crimes and ended up buying similar newspapers. new york observer.
“it was surely “It’s an inspiration,” Savage insists. “Literally, it’s like his father went to prison for financial crimes and we bought an Upper East Side newspaper to do positive stories about the family. We were like, ‘Let’s do it!’ did. Jared and Ivanka were also on the show when they were just normal New York City socialites, but it’s their lives that are crazy. rear that. “
a lasting connection between gossip girl and Oc It lies in the union of two stars, Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf) and Adam Brody (Seth Cohen). The two married in 2014 and have two children.
And yes, they were introduced to each other by Schwartz and Savage. The Gossip Girl cast was in Los Angeles for a Television Critics Association event, so Schwartz and Savage threw a party for the cast and their friends at Canter’s Deli.
“We invited everyone to a late night function at Canter’s. That’s what we always did. So we were all there and that’s when we met,” Schwartz recalled. “But then they got together and said, orange A few years later, the two became romantically involved. ”
Welcome to OC Long interviews with Schwartz and Savage about the show will be published on the same day.
