“Hey Upper East Siders…”
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1. Long before they played star-crossed lovers Dan and Serena, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively were home schooled together as children.
2. Lively and Penn also dated in real life from 2007-2010.
3. Penn Badgley was named after the tennis ball company Penn.
4. At age 12, before he got into acting, Badgley recorded a pop single (that was never released).
5. Taylor Momsen's first role at age 7 was as Cindy Lou Who in How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
6. One year later, at 8 years old, Momsen wrote a song called Blackout that was recorded and released by Heidi Montag many years later.
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7. Leighton Meester dyed her naturally blonde hair brunette before she even auditioned for the part of Blair.
8. The project was originally supposed to be a movie and Lindsay Lohan was slated to play Blair.
9. Serena's full name is Serena Celia van der Woodsen. The author of the book series is named Cecily von Ziegesar.
10. There's a Manga version of the Gossip Girl book series.
11. Ed Westwick, who plays Chuck, originally auditioned for the role of Nate.
12. Producers didn't want Ed Westwick for either role at first because they said he "looked more like a serial killer than a romantic lead."
13. Ed Westwick's actual favorite movie is American Psycho.
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