10 Things You Didn’t Know About Gossip Girl

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Blake Lively and Penn Badgley were actually homeschooled together long before they played lovers on “Gossip Girl.”

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Leighton Meester had to dye her naturally blond hair brown to audition for the part of Blair Waldorf.

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Ed Westwick initially read for the role of Nate, but was asked to read for Chuck instead. CW reportedly did not want Westwick to play Chuck and insisted that “he looked more like a serial killer than a romantic lead.”

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Mischa Barton was first offered the role of Georgina Sparks. When she turned it down, it was then given to Michelle Trachtenberg.

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“Gossip Girl” was initially going to be a movie. Lindsay Lohan, who was still riding high on her success from “Mean Girls,” was slated to play Blair Waldorf.

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Penn Badgley was not aware that he was Gossip Girl until the night before the revealing scene was shot.

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Lily van der Woodsen was initially going to called Darla, but writers changed it to Lily at the last moment.

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Matthew Settle and Kelly Rutherford, who played on-screen lovers Rufus and Lily, actually dated in real life.

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Costume designers modeled Blair’s style after that of Audrey Hepburn while Sienna Miller and Kate Moss inspired Serena’s look.

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