Wednesday, August 27, 2008

One of our readers, Heather, sent us this full account of her experience on the set of Gossip Girl last week at Columbia University:

(Thanks to Heather!!)

“Hi my name’s Heather and me and my cousin Kristina met the entire cast of Gossip Girl last Monday and Tuesday at Columbia University. On Monday we saw Blake, Leighton and Ed filming and then we met Ed! He was super sweet, absolutely gorgeous in person and has the most adorable British accent. He was more than happy to take a picture with us and talked to me for a few minutes before he left for the day. Blake and Leighton seemed nice but hurried out of the trailer and to the set and didn’t stop for pictures. There were a lot of paparazzi there though so that’s probably why they didn’t want to stop. One of the paparazzi told us Leighton wasn’t in a good mood because earlier in the morning a photographer got too close to her and accidentally hit her in the face with his camera. We didn’t see that so we don’t know whether or not it’s true.

First Ed and Blake filmed a scene together outside of one of the buildings in the Columbia campus and it looked like Serena was arguing with Chuck. They shot that scene at least 20 times! Then Ed filmed a scene on the steps leading out of the campus where Chuck is grabbed by 3 guys, they put a bag over his head and carry him away!! That was definitely the craziest scene to watch! It was so realistic too, it was freaky! It was pretty funny, we were walking out of the campus to stand outside and we didn’t know they were going to be filming a scene on the steps that we had to walk down so we literally walked right next to Ed (my favorite). I didn’t even realize and when my cousin told me I was already half way down the stairs. So when I turned around to look for him, he was standing there looking right at me. So I waved and he gave me the cutest smile ever and then I blew him a kiss and he gave me an even bigger smile and an adorable facial expression haha! The last scene we watched was Blair and Serena talking in front of another building in the campus. We first saw Leighton and Blake rehearsing the scene and Leighton looked so different! She didn’t have her extensions in so her hair was shorter and she had no makeup on. Blake’s hair and makeup was already done from the scenes she shot earlier in the morning. Leighton went back to her trailer and when she came back she had turned into Blair, hair extensions and all!! They were obviously filming a scene that’s supposed to take place in the fall because they were all wearing jackets and sweaters even though it was probably close to 95 degrees that day! We were told that Penn was going to shoot a scene later that night but it was so hot that we decided to call it a day and go back the next day.

We went back on Tuesday and the whole cast was there! First when we got there we watched Leighton and Blake filming a scene. The crew let us stand really close to them, it was amazing! We got really great pictures of them. Leighton was wearing the funniest outfit! In the scene, Serena gets a phone call and Blair listens in on it. Then Serena grabs Blairs hand and they hug. It was really adorable. They shot the scene quite a few times! After we watched the girls film for a while we walked around the campus and met the 3 boys! First we met Chace who is so incredibly cute in person and extremely sweet too! He had sunglasses on and when we asked to take a picture with him he took the glasses off and said of course. He was really cute and fun! We got to talk to him for a minute before he had to go to the set. Then we saw Penn who was sweet but very quiet. He took the picture with us and then left without saying too much. We then saw Ed but he had to go straight to film so we didn’t want to bother him, it’s definitely easier to catch them when they’re done shooting because when they’re going to shoot they have to rush to the set. We also saw Blake go into her trailer to change her clothes but missed her when she was coming out so we didn’t get a picture with her. Oh and Penn followed her into her trailer which we thought was pretty funny! We watched Chace and Ed shoot a scene outside of a limo right in the entrance to the campus. Again we were able to stand really close to where they were filming so we got some great pictures. A couple times Ed looked right at me and I got like 2 pictures of him looking at the camera but then I felt funny snapping them in his face. They just stood around for a while talking to each other and other crew members. Then they rehearsed for a little while before they filmed the scene where Chuck and Nate are talking while they stand next to a limo. After they filmed we got to meet Ed again. We caught him when he was leaving for the day which was perfect because he had more time. It was only us and him around so he wasn’t in a hurry. He had a tote bag in his hand and he put it on the ground while he was talking to us which made me think awesome he plans on standing here for a few minutes haha! He was sooo nice again and gorgeous. Much better looking in person even though I think he’s adorable on the show. He seems too sweet to play Chuck though! He had already changed out of Chuck’s wardrobe and fixed his hair so he looked more like himself. Before he took a picture with me, I asked him if he could please say “I’m Chuck Bass” in Chuck’s voice!! That’s like my favorite line that he says on the show. He was really funny, first he was playing with me saying he’s not allowed that they won’t let him. He was laughing the whole time and was a lot of fun. Then his expression changed into a Chuck expression and he said it for me! It was amazing, he sounded totally different then his normal voice and exactly like Chuck on the show. It was really crazy but so cool to hear and see. Then he took another picture with me and seriously couldn’t be any sweeter. In fact he seemed surprised when I told him he was my favorite (which he is)! It was an amazing day!”

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