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Chace Crawford Recalls Feeling Like He Was in ‘the Jail of the CW Pretty Boy’ After Gossip Girl Success

Former 'Gossip Girl' star Chase Crawford opens up about feeling trapped in his ‘pretty boy' image – and how landing a role on ‘The Boys’ helped him break free.

Chace Crawford offered rare insight into the personal and professional challenges he faced after achieving teen heartthrob status on Gossip Girl. Though he has since reinvented himself with darker, more comedic roles like The Deep in Amazon Prime’s The Boys, Crawford admitted that the shadow of his CW past followed him for years, limiting opportunities and public perception. That changed with The Boys – Eric Kripke’s superhero satire, where Crawford plays The Deep, an insecure and self-absorbed aquatic anti-hero.

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