This weekend, Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley has his first big-screen leading role, in the remake of The Stepfather. Plus, his co-star (and real-life girlfriend) Blake Lively has a small role in New York, I Love You, which is now in limited release. So, which of the GG kids is choosing the best film projects? Badgley seems to be following the GG-cast trend of booking scary flicks (Chace Crawford was in 2008′s The Haunting of Molly Hartley; and Leighton Meester and Jessica Szhor are in 2010′s The Roommate and Piranha 3D, respectively). Horror flicks can end up doing very well, and Stepfather commercials have been all over the place, although reviews have been lukewarm. Still, I think I’m going to have to give my votes to Lively and Crawford for embracing alternate strategies. Lively has been taking supporting roles in smaller but star-studded flicks—such as New York, I Love You, the upcoming The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and The Town, costarring Ben Affleck (who also directs), Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, and Rebecca Hall. It’s a great cast , and the film could prove her range as an actress. Meanwhile, Crawford is tackling the lead in the Footloose remake which, good or bad, will be highly-anticipated and nab a ton of attention. Plus, it’s the movie that shot Kevin Bacon into super-stardom. Maybe it can do the same for Chace?
What do you think PopWatchers? Which Gossip Girl cast member is picking the best movies?
Leighton Meester with Date Night that movie sounds amazing with a amazing cast
Penn BADGLEY obviously isn’t making too much of an impact if EW can’t even spell his name right.
……that’s exactly how they spelled it.
…they changed it from Badgeley to Badgley after I commented. Idiot.
and ED WESTWICK IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS!
eeeewwww no! Seriously? That bites.
Exactly! How did they not mention freakin Wuthering Heights!?!
Thank you! My thought’s exactly. I love the book and Ed is the best Heathcliff I can imagine.
But his career doesn’t even count because he was in S. Darko. And that was possibly the WORST movie I have seen in my enitre life. Donnie Darko… incredible. S. Darko… vomitoidous
i cant wait!Ed will be the perfect Heathcliff!
Best choice by far.
Chace Crawford is going to be in Twelve which seems to be good. We’ll see when all these movies come out and then compare who’s doing the best.
i was just thinking that. chace, while he doesn’t do much on gg, will have the most success in film. him and meester are my big bets.
I hope Footloose doesn’t shoot Chace into super fame. His lack of talent doesn’t deserve it.
And, for serious, why no mention of Ed doing Wuthering Heights? That’s at least got to be better than Piranha or The Roommate, right?
We don’t know if he’s not talented, or if Nate is just an incredibly boring character. He seems to have a lot more charisma when he’s not on GG, but then again, its not like I’ve met him in person
I don’t agree, leighton meester will do pretty good. Yes she will be in a horror film but her acting is the best compared to the rest of the class. She is also gonna be in date night which has a pretty big cast.
Hello, EW – Ed Westwick in Wuthering Heights?? I swoon just thinking about it!!!
ARE YOU SERIOUS??!! (breaths…) I thougt the casting of Natalie Portman as Catherine was brilliant, but now if he is Heathcliffe, I just can’t handle the perfection. He better be able to act.
But Natalie Portman isn’t playing Cathrine. They had do recast the role. Gemma Arterton is Cathy…
None of the above. Ed Westwick and Wuthering Heights all the way.
Leighton Meester in the Cobra Starship video.
Can I pick ‘none’ and then add you don’t even really care about the answer anyway because this is just another ploy to push shows from the CW, because they, like EW, are owned by Warner?
No?
Well, then I will just let the lack of popularity for this piece and comment section say everything.
Move on EW! No one cares about this show!
ED WESTWICK IS GOING TO STAR IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS. I can’t wait.
Him and Leighton Meester are the only two on that show with the potential for longevity.
I saw New York I love you, and Blake Lively’s cameo (she’s onscreen exactly a minute) is basically a joke. She plays Serena and wobbles unconvincingly. That’s it. You’re making it sound more impressive than it is.
how was New York, I Love You?
Don’t forget that Blake was in the Secret Life of Bees before GG (I think). I haven’t seen it, but it seems to have gotten generally good reviews.
she was not in Secret Life of Bees. she was, however, in the traveling pants movies.
Leighton – she had a small role in Date Night starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell. She’s starring in The Roommate, and she just signed on to star in a movie with Amber Heard.
Tim why don’t you write the gossip girl recaps anymore?
All of these guys are going to have careers about as good as the cast of 90210. This show has more people writing about it than actually watching it. Twenty years from now they’ll be in the 2020′s equivalent of reality TV.