Chace Crawford & Penn Badgley | Actors on Actors - Full Conversation

Chace Crawford ("The Boys") and Penn Badgley ("You") held a "Gossip Girl" reunion on Variety Studios Actors on Actors #AtHome. The two held a conversation on how they manage to play "despicable, murderous, male privilege guys" and the similarities between their characters on their individual current projects.

[Lizabeth]

Spotted: Lonely boy and Golden Boy reuniting to make all of our sad quarantine days a little brighter.

[Asma-kjop]

chace aged like FINE WINE i’m so ready to one day see silver fox chace crawford omg

[NotLeda]

What Penn said about Gossip Girl being 'futuristic' in a way really made me think. I mean, social media weren't really a thing back then and even when the show ended years later, they still weren't that relevant.
But looking back now, Gossip Girl predicted so many phenomenons: in the show, normal teenagers became famous without a real talent (they were what we call influencers now), people had unhealthy obsessions with them, they were 'cancelled' and/or deemed 'problematic' more times than I can count... and most importantly, the anonymity that Gossip Girl - not just Dan, but all the people who had sent videos, receipts and scoops - had, allowed GG to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. Ring any bells?

Maybe Gossip Girl didn't age well and it wouldn't be as big of a hit today, but it's interesting to see how relevant it is. It tells a lot about society.

As Penn said, it was a form of escapism back then, but that need to escape is, if possible, even more intense today. We went from hyperfixating on fictional characters to real people, which is dangerous because we don't think of them as such.
This was incredible. Thank you Variety and thank you Chace and Penn.

[christinaperez]

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester would be so interesting too!

[ninas]

They clearly binge watched each other’s shows like one day before this interview😂

[camilachaos]

Chris Evans and Paul Rudd and now Penn Badgley and Chase Crawford? Man variety has been fEEDing us and I’m living for it

[eliannebororing]

lol i love how both chase and penn can’t fully agree with dan being gossip girl

[mnj]

I love Penn, he’s so intelligent and stands for what is right.

[lisacohen]

If you did this with Leighton Meester and Ed, you’d get so many views. Or even Leighton with Penn, they also get along well!!

[shahedaboukraza]

when they were talking about how old they are now and how they looked so different back then in gossip girl.
me : MAN ALL OF YOU STILL LOOK INSANELY YOUNG, YOU CAN STILL JOIN THE REBOOT.

[nadija]

i love how articulate penn badgley is when talking.

[cleosu]

Penn is the kind of guy who can never finish a point because new thoughts just keep popping out along the way and he distracts himself

[marymiranda]

I love how Penn says Blake's name and not like "my ex and I" and I love that he doesn't seem awkward to mention her from time to time in this interview. He doesn't have an ounce of bitterness in him like he and Blake are in good terms today. He also sounds so intelligent and articulate and you can see that he really puts his mind and soul in his art as an actor. As for Chace, he seems so sweet, a little shy and reserved and mostly lets Penn do the talking. But you can see how well they get along and how much love they have for each other. Here's hoping that Chace would make a guest appearance on "You" and Penn on "The Boys"!

[feliciabianco]

Penn talking about Blake, so naturally...
This is so mature.

[amyfenton]

It looks like Chace is interviewing Penn for the NY Spectator like he would in G.G as Nate 😂

[SydneyKong]

"you look better than ever *chef's kiss*" HE DOES. CHACE LOOKS SO GOOODDDD

[may.k_me]

I like that Pen addressed the fact that most of his acting work on YOU is just basically staring into space 🤣 i remember seeing a clip on Twitter of Joe without the voiceover. And it's just him staring blankly and maybe shifting his gaze once in a while and it was hilarious. So it really put into perspective how most of his work was voiceover.

On the other hand it was really emotional and triggering in a way to watch the vulnerability that Chace brought to The Deep- like I didn't know how to feel when he got his comeuppance. The character deserved it in a way but it still made me deeply uncomfortable to watch him go through it.

So great job from the two of them in their respective gigs

[ElishaAlon]

Lonely boy and N are spotted together again.
XOXO, Gossip Girl

[bolouereopukiri]

This is the reunion of cast mates i did not know i desperately needed mid pandemic. Thanks variety

[joestar]

oh my god i never wouldve expected this ever