Gossip Girl’s Jessica Szohr Reveals Show Secrets, Behind-the-Scenes Revelations and More on ‘XOXO’ Podcast
usmagazine.comYou know you love them! Ten years after Gossip Girl concluded, series star Jessica Szohr is ready to spill all the show tea with her former costars and creators.“I was having a [4th of July] party at my house, Steph [Savage] was over.
I think you came with Adam Brody [and] we were in the casting process of Vanessa,” show cocreator Josh Schwartz revealed during the Wednesday, January 26, premiere episode of her “XOXO” podcast about the 36-year-old actress’ casting as Vanessa Abrams. “I opened the front door, you were standing there, [I was like,], ‘Vanessa!’ And found Stephanie.
I don’t think we presented it to you at the party [and] let you enjoy yourself. … It was early Internet days!”Schwartz and Savage — who previously worked together on The O.C. — adapted Cecily von Ziegesar’s popular book series of the same name, which premiered on The CW in 2007.On the series, fans followed a group of wealthy high school students in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood.
Set at Constance Billard School for Girls and St. Jude’s School for Boys, fans soon fell in love with Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), Serena Van Der Woodson (Blake Lively), Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) and Vanessa Abrams (Szohr).The CW iteration wasn’t the first time that producers had attempted to bring the NYC Upper East Siders to life.
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