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《绯闻女孩重启版》（The Gossip Girl Reboot）于美国时间7月9日正式开播——熟悉的场景，标志性的台阶，时光荏苒，它将讲述原作8年后开启的全新故事……
此次由HBO Max接手的《绯闻女孩重启版》共10集，官方账号此前已在Instagram上发布了主演的妆照：每个角色对应的性格，也以一个词作为梗概描述。
Julien Calloway：影响力
Monet de Haan: 力量
Luna La: 时尚
Max Wolfe：自由
Audrey Hope：优雅
Kate Keller：野心
Otto “Obie” Bergmann IV: 优越感
Akeno “Aki” Menzies: 天真无邪
Zoya Lott：有远见
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人物设定中，我们已知：
Whitney Peak plays Zoya, a relatable Dan Humphrey-esque character. Emily Alyn Lind is Audrey, a wealthy Constance Billard student whose mother is an athleisure designer. Audrey and Aki (Evan Mock) are dating and Audrey's best friend is teen influencer Julien (Jordan Alexander).
Whitney Peak扮演的Zoya，可以看做新版的Dan Humphrey。Emily Alyn Lind饰演的Audrey家境富裕，是Constance Billard的学生，而她母亲则是一名运动装设计师。Audrey和Aki（(Evan Mock饰）在拍拖中，Audrey的闺蜜Julien (Jordan Alexander饰）则是一位青少年网红。
Eli Brown acts as rich do-gooder German Obie and Thomas Doherty plays Max, who seems to be a Chuck Bass parallel for 2021. "Does Max make out with boys?” Doherty said. “Yes, I do get naked, and yes, I do indulge.”
Eli Brown饰演富有的慈善家，Thomas Doherty扮演的Max可以看作2021年平行世界的Chuck Bass。Doherty在接受采访时透露：“Max会和男孩亲热吗？会啊，我会有裸戏，而且我的角色也沉溺其中。”
该剧所有的主创都是《绯闻女孩》的原版人马：制作人Josh Schwartz和Stephanie Savage再次搭档，《绯闻女孩》的编剧Joshua Safran也全权负责新剧剧本。
Joshua Safran在接受《名利场》采访时表示，这一部剧：
"Downton Abbey meets Big Little Lies,"
就像《唐顿庄园》遇见《大小谎言》的既视感，
"a comedy of manners, but it’s also a comedy."
一部时尚的喜剧，一部浪漫的轻喜剧。
“传递性的正能量，不会有什么‘荡妇羞辱（slut shaming）’或是‘撕逼（catfight）’的情节。”
在我们最关心的“原版《绯闻女孩》的卡司是否会回归？”一问上，Safran已经确认Serena, Blair, Nate和Dan将会以“特定的形式”出现。
He explained that the new series will mention past characters because “the universe still exists.”
他解释到，新剧会提到过去的角色人物，因为“这个宇宙依然存在着”。
“They are a part of the world,” Safran said. “The characters talk about them and that they do exist. So yeah, I would love to have them come back. ”
“他们是这个世界的一部分。我们的新角色会论及他们，因为他们确实存在。当然我也很欢迎主演如果愿意回归。”
“I think of [the new show] like the Marvel universe. It’s not a continuation or a sequel. It truly just is looking at a different angle,” he added.
“我觉得新剧就像是漫威宇宙。它不能说是续集或是加长集。就是换个角度看世界的问题。”
他也谈到了故事线“会迎来全新的面貌，但还是熟悉的味道”（The storylines will be fresh but not unfamiliar）：
“I think it very much represents where we will be at in 2020 when the show airs. It really looks at how social media has changed,” Safran also said. “You know, the first time around, when the show started, people were, like, checking in places on Foursquare and updating their locations on Facebook. Things we would never do now because we don’t want anyone to know where we are. That change alone changes the dynamic of what Gossip Girl means and how Gossip Girl interacts with the kids this day and age, so I think it’s gonna be really interesting to see. The modern age reflected through Gossip Girl.”
剧播的时候都2020（实际上已经2021）了。社交媒体已经发生了很大的变化。当年剧开播的时候，人们都忙着在Foursquare上查定位，并发到脸书上。但现在，时代变了，我们不想别人知道我们在哪儿。变化本身也改变了‘绯闻女孩’的运作以及‘绯闻女孩’是如何于当下的年轻人互动的，我觉得这是很有意思的看点，通过《绯闻女孩》看当下的时代变迁。”
另一改变，则是不再全由白人面孔主导的卡司以及编剧加入的其他故事线：
“This time around the leads are nonwhite. There’s a lot of queer content on this show. It is very much dealing with the way the world looks now, where wealth and privilege come from, and how you handle that. The thing I can’t say is there is a twist, and that all relates to the twist.”
重启版的故事中我们看到，主演们不再都是白人了，也会有很多同性相关的内容在剧中出现。这就是现在当下的样子，如何和富人、权贵他们的世界产生交集，如何去应对。我不能说故事一定有反转，但一切都会围绕意想不到的反转展开。
