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Penn Badgley Doesn’t Miss “Superficial Celebrity Aspect” Of ‘Gossip Girl’

Although Penn Badgley is grateful for his breakout role in 'Gossip Girl', he doesn't miss the "superficial" aspect.

Badgley explained, “There was just a period where, coming out of depression and isolation, I was jumping willfully into, but also being thrust into, this world where the more conventionally beautiful I seemed, the more successful I might be, the more value I might have. Based on the books by Cecily von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl follows the privileged students of a private school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the lives of whom are documented on the ruthless titular blogger’s website. As Dan Humphrey, Badgley played the Brooklyn outsider who found his way into the elite clique through his romance with Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively).

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