While many fans (myself consisted of) rewatch Gossip Girl over and also over once more on Netflix, Badgley and also Crawford have a difficult time rewatching the collection. The last time Badgley saw an episode was when he viewed with his better half Domino Kirke prior to their wedding event.
«I remember also after that, it has nothing to do with the program, but it was extremely difficult to watch,» he confessed. «These photos of yourself when you’re 20, 21, 22 years old. Who can take pleasure in that? Occasionally it’s simply uncomfortable.» Even so, Badgley as well as Crawford confessed could be enjoyable to rewatch an old episode and also live-tweet with each other.
Dan and Nate are back with each other again! For Variety’s Actors on Actors collection, Penn Badgley and also Chace Crawford delighted Gossip Girl followers everywhere with a digital reunion.
Along with discussing their latest functions on You as well as The Boys, specifically, they also reminisced concerning their time on the hit CW drama and also the program’s enduring effect on fans today.
«People wished to view a program like Gossip Girl since it was aspirational.»
«People wished to enjoy a program like Gossip Girl due to the fact that it was aspirational. It resembled a getaway. It looked like it struck a specific cultural chord due to the fact that it was this aspirational fantastical vision of excess and riches,» Badgley claimed. «But now, cut to 13 years later, individuals are not interested in that. And also I believe truly so. Now they’re interested in deconstructing why we’re so fascinated with that said to begin with. We’re interested in deconstructing those systems of privilege. I’m not claiming that our television shows are doing that, however I’m saying that’s what individuals are extra curious about, so therefore these shows mirror that.»
Obviously, among the craziest parts of their meeting was when Badgley raised a present he got from then-girlfriend Blake Lively: the very first iPhone. «I essentially was like, ‘I don’t want this thing. It’s so cumbersome, and also it has all these applications on it.’» Oh, just how times have actually transformed. Enjoy their adorable reunion over.