Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester discuss first meeting in first episode of Penn's new podcast

[buckyno]

Spotted! Penn Badgley revealing he and 'Gossip Girl' costar Leighton Meester met on the set of a horror movie neither has seen. https://t.co/HZ8CG3VuQk
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 17, 2022
Leighton Meester will appear on the first episode of Penn Badgley's new podcast called Podcrushed, premiering tomorrow. The podcast explores "the awkwardness

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[burntxtoashes]

I remember that film. I hate clowns though.

I'd love if they starred in something else together.

[t_snake]

When I went to NYC I went to see the Lincoln centre and I saw the hotel empire. It looked familiar but couldn't remember why.. Went around Lincoln centre then walked back and I remembered! Inside my head I shook my fist at the cloud and said "dair should have been end game!" I had a good giggle

[xellabelle]

This is the same when I went to Paris and I was outside the Harry Winston store and I was like why is this familiar?? And then I was like ew and thought to myself Chuck should’ve died in Prague tbh

[lokiyan]

I'm so pleased that when I went to Prague a few years ago, Chuck Bass never crossed my mind.

[wowsolovely]

DAIR FOREVER!

[lolzerz]

i just realized its kinda funny how leighton and adam brody ended up together, they both look so much like costars they had growing up (rachel bilson and penn).

[xellabelle]

This is a really bizarre thought I had but I’ve always wondered if Penn and Leighton would’ve started dating instead if the storyline was Dan/Blair in S1 and not Dan/Serena lol

[euraylie]

Plus their co-stars kinda played the same characters in two shows

[agentsoup]

I've only seen her on Life Partners and she was great. I wonder why she never became a bigger star?

[xellabelle]

Hmm I feel like she doesn’t care about Hollywood that much and gravitates towards tv comedic stuff (single parents is underrated!) rather than A films. I think also, compared to Blake who had a very privileged and charmed upbringing, Leighton had a tough start and started working as a child and presumably supported her family. And didn’t she have to pay money for her brother’s medical costs throughout GG so I think she just took whatever jobs that came for the $ whereas Blake was in the position to be choosy and craft her ~brand. It’s a shame because I actually prefer Leighton in dramas rather than comedies.

[afeelingunacted]

I used to be a Leighton stan and I think it's a combo of things. She was a child star with an abusive mom that pushed her into acting so I def think being a star was not necessarily something she wanted. And she's talked a lot about how she is not like Blair at all and she hates the glitzy part of being an actress.

Also I think she was a little burnt out after GG. After it ended she did a ton of rando indies. I tried to watch a bunch of stuff she did and a lot of it was really bad (Life Partners and the one where she was a nanny being the exceptions). And she wasn't doing it for the money, because she's set for life, this is just stuff that interested her. She just chooses a lot of crap I guess, or stuff where she's working with people she likes. She and her husband seem to have the same work philosophy where they made their money and now only work on stuff they find interesting. Too bad her taste is so tragic!

[screamingintune]

lol idk that nanny movie was kind of highkey disturbing

I loved her episode of the Orville. have not checked out her new netflix movie but I'm sure she's good in it even if it's bad. and god a lot of her films have been bad. that one with Ben Barnes, they are both so hot and yet the movie is SO bad