Trivia / Gossip Girl (2021)

• Actor-Shared Background:
  • Tavi Gevinson's casting in a series about blog-famous socialites in Manhattan is amusing once you remember that she was infamously one herself at the start of her career, starting as a blogger and NYC fashion scene fixture.
  • Jordan Alexander is of African-American and Caucasian heritage like Julien is.
  • Evan Mock is biracial, born to a Caucasian father and East Asian mother just as Aki was.
  • Zión Moreno is a Latina like Luna La, her character.
• Dawson Casting:
  • Much like the original series, the main cast are mostly played by actors either in their late teens/early twenties, which given the Hotter and Sexier content displayed onscreen is justified. The youngest actor in the main cast, Whitney Peak, was seventeen when filming the first season, making her only two years older than her character.
  • Averted with Tavi Gevinson (Kate Keller), who plays a young and newly hired teacher - despite being a year younger than Thomas Doherty (Max Wolfe), and three years younger than Jordan Alexander (Julien Calloway) who play students.
• Fake American:
  • Max Wolfe is played by Scotsman Thomas Doherty.
  • Zoya is played by Ugandan-Canadian Whitney Peak.
  • Jordan Alexander is a Canadian.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Zión Morena is a young trans woman like her character Luna La.