History Trivia / GossipGirl2021

** Tavi Gevinson's casting in a series about blog-famous socialites in Manhattan is amusing once you remember that [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/tavi-says she was infamously one herself at the start of her career]], starting as a blogger and NYC fashion scene fixture.

* CharacterBlog: The main characters all have accounts on Instagram.
** [[https://www.instagram.com/audreyhopesfor/ audreyhopesfor]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/juliencalloway/ juliencalloway]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/maxtheewolfe/ maxtheewolfe]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/monetdehaan/ monetdehaan]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/akimenz/ akimenz]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/lunalaaaaaa/ lunalaaaaaa]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/alottazee/ alottazee]]
** [[https://www.instagram.com/ottobergmanniv/ ottobergmanniv]]

** Jordan Alexander is of African-American and Caucasian heritage like Jordan is.

** Whitney Peake is biracial like Zoya is, with Caucasian and Black parents.

* ActorSharedBackground: Tavi Gevinson's casting in a series about blog-famous socialites in Manhattan is amusing once you remember that [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/tavi-says she was infamously one herself at the start of her career]], starting as a blogger and NYC fashion scene fixture.

** Zoya is played by Ugandan-Canadian Whitney Peak.

** Much like the original series, the main cast are mostly played by actors either in their late teens/early twenties, which given the HotterAndSexier content displayed onscreen is justified. The youngest actor in the main cast, Whitney Peak, was seventeen when filming the first season.
** Averted with Tavi Gevinson (Kate Keller), who plays a young and newly hired teacher - despite being a year younger than Thomas Doherty (Max Wolfe), who plays a student.

** Max Wolfe is played by Scottish Thomas Doherty.

** Much like the original series, the main cast are mostly played by actors either in their late teens/early twenties, which given the HotterAndSexier content displayed onscreen is justified.

* FakeAmerican: Max Wolfe is played by Scottish Thomas Doherty.

* DawsonCasting: Much like the original series, the main cast are mostly played by actors either in their late teens/early twenties, which given the HotterAndSexier content displayed onscreen is justified. Averted with Tavi Gevinson (Kate Keller), who plays a young and newly hired teacher - despite being a year younger than Thomas Doherty (Max Wolfe), who plays a student.

* DawsonCasting: Much like the original series, the main cast are mostly played by actors either in their late teens/early twenties, which given the HotterAndSexier content displayed onscreen is justified. Averted with Tavi Gevinson (Kate Keller), who plays a young and newly hired teacher - despite being a year younger than Thomas Doherty (Max Wolfe), who plays a student.

* DawsonCasting: Much like the original series, cast are mostly played by actors either in their late teens/early twenties, which given the HotterAndSexier content displayed onscreen is justified. Averted with Tavi Gevinson (Kate Keller), who plays a young and newly hired teacher - despite being a year younger than Thomas Doherty (Max Wolfe), who plays a student.