Fick en fråga om jag kunde skriva mer om Ed och Leighton om deras uppväxt och så såhär kommer det om Ed! Troligen kommer fakta om Leighton nästa helg :)

Namn:Edward ”Ed” Westwick

Född:27 juni 1987

Längd: ca 177cm

Tiden före Gossip girl

Ed är växte upp i en liten stad i England kallad Stevenage som ligger utanför London.

Hans föräldrar heter Carole and Peter Westwick och han har 2 äldre bröder.

Ed gick i skolorna St Ippolyt’s Chuch of England Primary School och sedan i The Barclay School.

Ed utbildade sig professionellt på National Youth theather i London och år 2006 vid ålder 19 blev det år han syndes först på tv. Han gjorde ett avsnitt av ”doctors” som var en såpopera som gick på dagtid. Även i seriers som medicinska dramaserien "Casualty" och ITV övernaturliga dramat "Afterlife syndes han till. Även detta år så var han med i sina första filmer. Childern of men och Breaking and Entering som även Jude Law och Juliette Binoche var med i.

Han hade även sitt egna band The Filthy Youth som splittrades när Ed flyttade till USA och det andra bandmedlemmarna bodde kvar i England.

En bit av Afterlife:

The Filthy Youth:

Gossip Girl

Eds genombrott kom 2007 då han fick rollen som Chuck Bass i Gossip girl. Han hade du flygit in från England till LA för att göra castingen och som tur var fick han rollen. Som många kanske inte vet så gjorde han audition för både amerikansk accent och engelsk så det hade funnits en möjlighet att Chuck Bass hade pratat med en engelsk accent. Showen pågår ju somsagt fortfarande och Ed är bosatt i New York och i alla fall förut i stadsdelen Chelsea. Under 2 år så bodde Ed och Chace tillsammans men 2009 flyttade Chace ut och skaffade en egen lägenhet.

Eds Audition tape:

2007-framåt

Under sin tid i Gossip girl har Ed hunnit gjort filmer som Son of Rambow, 100 feet, S.Darko och hans nyaste film Chalet Girl som kom ut i våras. Han är även med i Clint Eastwoods kommande film J.Edgar där han har en liten roll.  Senare i höst ska han även spela Tybalt i en ny tappning av Romeo and Juliet.

Dejtat

Mest kändast är Eds gamla flickvän Jessica Szhor som spelade Vanessa i Gossip girl. Det var tillsammans från 2008 till 2010.

Här är några bilder på äldre flickvänner till Ed som jag inte vet namnet på:

haha

Penn:So someone is pregnant...

Chace: Can't tell you who it is!!

Penn:It's Chace

Chace:Could be me ;)

Gossip Girl Executive Producer Joshua Safran eagerly answered fan questions yesterday at The CW network about the season premiere Monday, Sept. 26 at 8/7c:

What is the deal with Dan and Blair?

We’ve always been nervous about their relationships perception. We’ve always known there is a specific course, yet it may take on some new meaning this season.

Can you tease the 100th episode at all?

It is going to be a blast. All I can say is that we’ve been watching the pilot a lot.

Will the majority of the season be bi-coastal?

Not for long. The crew will fully return to New York soon.

What is Elizabeth Hurley’s agenda?

Can’t reveal what it is specifically, but I can say she is very honest about it. She will play games but be very upfront, and it will carry back to New York!

What’s up with Rufus and Lily this season?

We don’t want to mess with that couple very much. They have worked very hard to stay together and we want them to be grounded. They will float in and out of other story lines.

What’s in store for the infamous Chuck Bass?

Chuck’s theme this season is growing up. His journey opens the door to a new way of life that we haven’t seen before.

Will we see a lot of Nate this season?

Nate has a huge great story! Like Chuck, it relates to finding out who he really is and taking control of his life.

En kort artikel om Leighton och vad hon tycker om Taylors (Jenny) sångkarriär och filmkarriär.

Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester has revealed that she has a great admiration for her former co star Taylor Momsen. Leighton admitted that she believes Taylor to be a fantastic actress, despite the fact that Momsen has given up on acting to focus on a music career.

Meester explained, "She's so talented, and anyone I know that's heard her music is a huge fan, you can't help it. She's also an incredible actress and just a lovely girl." She then added that she could never pick between the two, "Both is where it's at, if I had to choose, I think I'd be very unhappy."

Leighton Meester is set to star in the Adam Sandler comedy I Hate You, Dad, alongside Susan Sarandon, Milo Ventimiglia and James Caan. The movie centres around an argumentative father who moves in with his son prior to his wedding. I Hate You, Dad is due for release in the US on June 15, 2012 and in the UK on September 7, 2012.

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Leighton Meester moves from the city to the suburbs in ‘The Oranges,’ a new ensemble comedy from veteran TV director Julian Farino, but the drama stays the same. In the film, Meester plays Nina Ostroff, who returns home after a five-year absence and upsets the delicate balance of their quiet New Jersey suburb. Despite Nina’s parents trying to set her up with their neighbors’ and best friends’ eligible son (Adam Brody), Nina instead falls for his father David (Hugh Laurie) — and the feelings are mutual.

Movies about May-December romances aren’t exactly rare, but they’re rarely this funny, and Moviefone sat down with Meester at the Toronto Film Festival to find out her opinion on the film’s unconventional love story and how the cast came together as one big happy family.

How was the premiere?
It was fun, it was very fun!

Was that the first time you’d seen the movie?
No, I have seen it before, but not in a room filled with people. It was very different. It was a very interesting experience, everybody was laughing. It was cool.

Considering most people are probably initially skeptical of the movie’s love story, is it validating to get such a positive response?
Yeah! I mean, it’s a delicate subject and I think it’s very funny, but it’s funny in the way that life is funny. So I think that’s probably why it works. It’s got a lot of tension and awkwardness but then it sort of cools off. But it’s definitely nice to hear people laughing when they’re supposed to laugh. [Laughs]

I think Alia Shawkat’s character reacting so strongly against David and Nina’s relationship helps the audience buy into what’s happening. It almost makes them seem sympathetic.
I think that anybody who watches it will probably have that reaction at first. They at first want to rebel against it, they want to say, ‘No, this is crazy and selfish.’ And then eventually you do root for their love and want it to work, because it’s genuine and it’s real. And I think that it does ask that question of what is morality, what is love, what is being selfish? Is it being selfish to find love and take the opportunity to experience it, or is it selfish for people to not want them to have it because it’s “wrong,” according to other people?

How’d you get attached to the project?
I read the script and I, of course, fell in love with it. Every time I [told people], ‘I did ‘The Oranges,” I got, ‘Oh, I loved that script!’ But then I met with Julian [Farino], who I’d actually known for quite a long time. And he initially told me a few years ago that I was maybe a bit too young for [the part]. Then, of course, two years later when they were actually making it, it was fine. It worked.

I had a very funny audition with Julian. I had it in my dressing room at work. He came to visit me on set, I was working. And they kept on coming and knocking on my door. The director of photography was there, filming me. And he would pan from me, then over to the door, where somebody was knocking, somebody from the set, and then pan back over and we would finish the scene. I’m kind of curious to see it.

You had worked with Hugh Laurie before, right?
I had, yes!

Did that help smooth over any potential awkwardness?
Yeah, it was really nice that we had already met and worked together. I already had a sense of what he’s like. And I was aware of his talents. People always talk about having nothing but admiration and positive feelings about somebody, but he ruined everything! [Laughs] No, he’s so funny and smart and talented and made everything wonderful.

How was the atmosphere on set? It seemed like you guys had a lot of fun with this.
These [characters] were people who have known each other for years. And you get to know each other very quickly on set, but it was accelerated by the fact that Julian — he’s brilliant — he just shoved us in a room together and said, ‘Okay, here you go.’ So we ate and drank and talked and, of course, rehearsed a bit.

And then during the movie we were all put in a house together, with our own rooms. You could hear Hugh playing the piano downstairs and we would all have dinners around a big table. So the atmosphere was fun and funny. And also, Julian has a really cool point of view and he adds a lot of levity, particularly in scenes that got very dramatic. He makes them funny.

You have a background in television, and so does Julian and the rest of the cast. How much do you have to change your approach for a movie?
It’s completely different. The setting is different, the timing is different, the hours are different. And the character is different. You get to plan your character from beginning to end and experience your arc as one thing, as opposed to something that lasts for years. You get to develop the backstory and what’s happening beyond the film and afterwards. In a show, you really can’t do that, which is good and bad.

But Julian is such a wonderful director, any way you look at it. I really enjoy working with him. He’s funny. I think the best thing about him is that I noticed that with different people and different ages and different backgrounds on the film, he never had a female or male point of view. It never felt like I was talking to just a man when he was talking about my character. He definitely had a really great understanding somehow — I don’t know how, you could ask him — of how a 20-something year-old girl would behave in a situation, and then be able to turn around and talk to a 50-year-old man about what his reaction would be like.

(fanmade bild på chuck och blairs bröllop)

• "Victor Victrola" avsnitt 7 säsong 1
• "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" avsnitt 13 säsong 2
• "Double Identity" avsnitt 2 säsong 4

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Question: Can you give me some really good stuff about what is going to happen on Gossip Girl? —Saloni
Ausiello: Good stuff coming your way in 3, 2, 1… The show is pulling out “all the stops” for its milestone 100th episode in January, according to executive producer Josh Safran. “We want to honor the [fact] that it’s the 100th episode,” he says. “We know that we are very lucky to be coming by it, and we’re going to respect that. So we definitely want to make it feel like it is a special event. Let’s put it this way — it’s not going to be a clip show.” Hmm… Safran already confirmed that Blair will spend the first chunk of the season planning her royal nups to Louis, so it stands to reason that the wedding itself would take place around midseason. See where I’m going with this, people?

Question: I’m still confused about Taylor Momsen’s status on Gossip Girl. Is she gone for good? Gossip Girl isn’t the same without Lil J. —Jen
Ausiello: Sources confirm to TVLine that Jenny will return to the UES when hell freezes over. But it’s not like the show will pretend like she never existed. Case in point: Rumor has it her absence is addressed in the season premiere (and don’t assume she returned to school upstate).

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