Gossip Girl Facts
37 Mind-Blowing Gossip Girl Facts to Celebrate the Show's 10th Anniversary
![Lively was terrified of the fame that came with the show. "I'm actually a very shy person and the idea of losing my anonymity was one that was scary to me," she said. "I remember saying when I read this script, 'Whoever does this will not be able to walk out of their house ever again and be the same as before they started this.' You could tell it was a cultural phenomenon. That was both exciting and thrilling, but also very scary."
Meester had no idea just how insanely popular Gossip Girl would become. "I think it was just the normal, typical pilot season audition for me," she said about how she approached the show. "I auditioned and then I tested once and then we did a screen test with everybody. And then, that was it . . . I dunno. I got it."
The showrunners were adamant that only Ed Westwick could play Chuck Bass. Since the British actor was in America on a work visa, executives at The CW were nervous that he wouldn't be able to stay in the country to film, but Savage and Schwartz refused to cast anyone else in the part.
Westwick and Crawford moved in together. When filming began, the pair rented a two-bedroom apartment in Chelsea together.
Westwick and Crawford were swarmed by fans before the show even aired. After the cast announcements were made, the actors attended an Arctic Monkeys show together and were bombarded by fans. "We had these girls coming up to us, and they were kind of freaking out about it: 'Oh, we love the books,'" Crawford recalled. "[Ed and I] kept looking at each other like, sh*t, man."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/MHaNaQX4RFAcRGwj4YrV632EWUM/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/08/30/628/n/1922283/8baefd14189f8efd_TCDGOGI_EC414_H/i/Lively-terrified-fame-came-show.JPG "Lively was terrified of the fame that came with the show. \"I'm actually a very shy person and the idea of losing my anonymity was one that was scary to me,\" she said. \"I remember saying when I read this script, 'Whoever does this will not be able to walk out of their house ever again and be the same as before they started this.' You could tell it was a cultural phenomenon. That was both exciting and thrilling, but also very scary.\"
Meester had no idea just how insanely popular Gossip Girl would become. \"I think it was just the normal, typical pilot season audition for me,\" she said about how she approached the show. \"I auditioned and then I tested once and then we did a screen test with everybody. And then, that was it . . . I dunno. I got it.\"
The showrunners were adamant that only Ed Westwick could play Chuck Bass. Since the British actor was in America on a work visa, executives at The CW were nervous that he wouldn't be able to stay in the country to film, but Savage and Schwartz refused to cast anyone else in the part.
Westwick and Crawford moved in together. When filming began, the pair rented a two-bedroom apartment in Chelsea together.
Westwick and Crawford were swarmed by fans before the show even aired. After the cast announcements were made, the actors attended an Arctic Monkeys show together and were bombarded by fans. \"We had these girls coming up to us, and they were kind of freaking out about it: 'Oh, we love the books,'\" Crawford recalled. \"[Ed and I] kept looking at each other like, sh*t, man.\"")
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