El Paso, TX, native Zión Moreno, 27, sparkles in her role as Luna La on HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" reboot. She's a big fan of the original "Gossip Girl" and dished to Looper about her dreams about a potential crossover. "I'd love it if Blair came back," she said. "I'd love to do a scene with her. And maybe Chuck Bass, too. Maybe have a little romantic relationship with Chuck."
Moreno got her start in the 2019 fantasy-horror film "K-12," and in 2020, she made her debut playing a popular teenager in Netflix's series "Control Z," whose social status is threatened when she comes out as trans.
Moreno is also a major cinema fan, and in 2021 she told Numero Mag that she hopes to write and make her own films someday. "I never feel more alive than when I write," she told the magazine. "It reminds me of the splendor of life."
Moreno also hopes to make a difference with her art. "I think that it's going to be really rewarding to be able to make an impact on little queer kids' lives, on little Latino kids' lives, and I just hope that we can [use] that representation and inspire them to live authentically and live to the fullest," she told Looper of the impact she hopes her work on the new "Gossip Girl" can have.
Later in the Numero Mag interview, she also offered some advice for any young people inspired by her art. "Look up to others but don't lose yourself in the image of who you think they might be. I also understand what it is like to be othered, which I think many of us can relate to," she said. "So, I would say I hope you can find the understanding that your dreams are valid and that your people and success are waiting for you out there."
