![]() “There’s a lot of queer content on this show. “This time around the leads are nonwhite,” Safran continued. Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr) was the only POC protagonist, while Serena’s brother Eric (Connor Paolo) had the only queer storyline. All six of the main characters – Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), and Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) – were straight, white, and cisgender. “I was the only gay writer I think the entire time I was there.”Īs well as an absence of diversity behind the scenes, the main cast of the original Gossip Girl notably lacked people of colour and LGBTQ+ storylines. “There was not a lot of representation the first time around on the show,” writer and executive producer Joshua Safran said at Vulture Festival yesterday (November 10). Set eight years after the original show ended, this time the creators are determined to more accurately reflect the world of New York teens – meaning fans can finally expect a more diverse cast. In July, it was announced that iconic 00s show Gossip Girlis returning for a new ten-part series.
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