Blake Lively reveals whether she will be in the 'Gossip Girl' reboot
The actor played Serena van der Woodsen in the hit show
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Gossip Girl fans are eagerly awaiting for the 2020 reboot to air, but one question remaining under wraps is whether many of the original cast members will be making any appearances as their older selves.
Hollywood starlet Blake Lively, who played everyone's favourite blonde socialite in the original Gossip Girl hit series, has finally commented on the reports that she might be appearing in the new remake.
Lively shot to fame with her breakout role as Serene van der Woodsen, who is regarded as the 'it' girl of the Upper East side in the show which depicts the dramatic lives of privileged, upper-class teenagers in New York.
Since news of the reboot was confirmed, there's naturally been much speculation as to which of the original cast members might make an appearance in the new series. Kristen Bell has been confirmed as returning as the show's anonymous all-seeing narrator.
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Sadly for fans, it seems that Lively won't be joining her. The mother-of-three clarified that she's "not involved" in the project at the premiere of her new film, The Rhythm Section, this week, according to E! News.
When asked about the reboot she responded, "I think it is happening... I don't know, I'm not a producer, I'm not involved. You've got to call them!"
However, it seems that the van der Woodsen door is definitely being left open according to Josh Schwartz, who worked on the original series and is returning to executive produce the reboot.
"We've reached out to all of them to let them know it was happening and we'd love for them to be involved if they want to be involved, but certainly didn't want to make it contingent upon [them being involved]," he said to Entertainment Tonight.
The new version of the show is described as an extension of the original series, set eight years after the original Gossip Girl blog shut down. It will follow a new generation of private school teenagers in New York and address how social media has evolved in the intervening years. They will initially produce 10 episodes.
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Hollywood starlet Blake Lively, who played everyone's favourite blonde socialite in the original Gossip Girl hit series, has finally commented on the reports that she might be appearing in the new remake.
Lively shot to fame with her breakout role as Serene van der Woodsen, who is regarded as the 'it' girl of the Upper East side in the show which depicts the dramatic lives of privileged, upper-class teenagers in New York.
Since news of the reboot was confirmed, there's naturally been much speculation as to which of the original cast members might make an appearance in the new series. Kristen Bell has been confirmed as returning as the show's anonymous all-seeing narrator.
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Sadly for fans, it seems that Lively won't be joining her. The mother-of-three clarified that she's "not involved" in the project at the premiere of her new film, The Rhythm Section, this week, according to E! News.
When asked about the reboot she responded, "I think it is happening... I don't know, I'm not a producer, I'm not involved. You've got to call them!"
However, it seems that the van der Woodsen door is definitely being left open according to Josh Schwartz, who worked on the original series and is returning to executive produce the reboot.
"We've reached out to all of them to let them know it was happening and we'd love for them to be involved if they want to be involved, but certainly didn't want to make it contingent upon [them being involved]," he said to Entertainment Tonight.
The new version of the show is described as an extension of the original series, set eight years after the original Gossip Girl blog shut down. It will follow a new generation of private school teenagers in New York and address how social media has evolved in the intervening years. They will initially produce 10 episodes.
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