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WARNING : freebooter for Gossip Girl season 2 , episode 7 , " Dress Me Up ! Dress Me Down!“Gossip Girlstar Jordan Alexander breaks down Julien ’s season 2 journeying and addresses the potentiality of explore moody sides in the back one-half of the season . As have a bun in the oven , thing are only escalate in the up-to-the-minute season ofGossip Girl , both with the blogger herself and the people she writes about . A sum relationship that gets shake up in the up-to-the-minute instalment is between Julien and Audrey . With Audrey still tump over at Julien , the latter effort to make restitution , but in the worldly concern ofGossip Girl , that is gentle said than done .
This only becomes another compiling of Julien ’s mission to become a better adaptation of herself . With Gossip Girl stilllooming over Julien and her friend , the path she is looking for will be a hard battle for her . The last few episodes ofGossip Girlseason 2 have also envision Julien and Obie reignite their romance , though whether or not that will stick in the end remains to be seen .
Screen Rantspoke with Julien herself , Jordan Alexander , before the holiday about the latestGossip Girlepisode and all the radioactive dust that arrive from it . Throughout the consultation , Alexander talk over how it was working on the 2nd year of the HBO Max drama , especially during COVID , and where she sees Julien go throughout this chapter . From her moral force withAudrey and Zoya to thewar with Monet and Gossip Girl , the actress brokedown the drama that has already amount and is yet to come in season 2 .
Jordan Alexander on Gossip Girl Season 2
Screen Rant : Just when I thinkGossip Girlhas gone as dramatic as it can get , you guys keep up the stakes ! How has it been for you after drop your first yr in the Gossip Girl Earth and contend with time of year 2 ?
Jordan Alexander : It was great ! I was really aroused to get back to it , to all the mythologic clothes , and my stamp mates . All of the set are very nostalgic when going back to something . The first time you do it , it ’s all brand new , but this sentence it was really nostalgic , specially with all the school sets were very fun .
I know nothing is easy with COVID , and time of year 1 was really rough from what I read . How was the experience this class shooting the show as an doer during these circumstances ?
Jordan Alexander : Yeah , that ’s unfeigned ; you get into a flow of thing . The first yr we did it , everyone was fancy out what you are speculate to do anyway . You get into a cycle of everything you are doing , you are testing 3 - 4 fourth dimension a calendar week , and you make certain to have your masquerade on , even though you take it off when you are act . It ’s there to keep us secure , so it ’s not too risky .
You were talking about the fashion on the show , and I wanted to ask how much stimulation you have on Julien ’s closet .
Jordan Alexander : Absolutely , Eric Daman is unbelievable ! I would pretty much wear just anything he hand me , it ’s really prosperous . Everything he puts forward that I try on , I ’m like ' Yes ! ' I do n’t really have that much remark , I just say yes to everything , but I cerebrate all of it is great ! [ laugh ]
When you are not shootingGossip Girl , have there been any looks that you see in stores or magazines that you recall , ' Oh , this is something Julien would totally wear on the show ! '
Jordan Alexander : I actually think of that all the time ! There was a magazine in the closet meet and I remember demo the pageboy to Eric , ' I think Julien would see with child in this ! ' and he would go ' Yeah , all ! ' He is very open and open to melodic theme , I ’m such a freehanded fan of his oeuvre that we align most of the time .
We ’ve got to talk about Obie and Julien after this episode . What ’s going on with them here ?
Jordan Alexander : I feel like first sexual love never dies , correct ? They have something with each other that and a connexion that is so thick and integral to who they are as people . Because it happen when they were so vernal - it is kind of always there no matter how laborious it get . I call back if they are able to make for it out , it ’s always there .
Do you see them as an endgame onGossip Girl , or have you guys not gotten there yet ?
Jordan Alexander : I do n’t know what the author and Josh Safran [ the showrunner ] have cooked up for this . But I sense like they seem to be characters that always regain a style to come back to each other They are missing each other , but they are always revolve [ around each other ] . That ’s their acquaintance chemical group . They are never really going to be capable to get off from each other .
One of the dynamics I sleep with on the show is obviously between Julien and Zoya ; it ’s an emotional rollercoaster with the two of them . Where are the sisters going for the rest of the season ?
Jordan Alexander : All of that times infinity . [ laugh ] It all seems to be climax up to the closing curtain . It ’s , honestly , like everyone ’s relationship are blowing up and then you have the finale , which I wo n’t give any spoilers aside but there is a complete explosion of drama , between Julien and Zoya as well . [ laughs ]
I was talk to Joshua Safran last hebdomad and he said something very intriguing about Julien for the ease of the season that I really desire to get your take on:‘Julien , in her endeavor to always rise above and do good , does n’t realize that she ’s frustrate a line . The line she crosses she ca n’t issue forth back from ; she goes further and further frustrate it . It ’s definitely a dark dark of the soul for Julien . ‘I am occupy now , what does this mean ?
Jordan Alexander : You should be worried ! [ laughs ] If you are worried about the well - being of Julien , it ’s a worrisome situation because it ’s almost on the nose that . She is taste really hard to figure out herself back on data track . But she is just so cryptic in it , there is no hope of her finding her way . She is not even nigh and [ is only ] contract further away . It ’s so lamentable to see ; it ’s like a train wreck - you saw it with Audrey and the wearing apparel billet , her intent are kind of upright , but there is something in there that is have so messed up and causing everything to jump .
I do n’t retrieve , even in the original show , the last fourth dimension it got this dramatic about a apparel getting bring out . give how rigorous Audrey and Julien are , can they recover from this or might the season end with them still being at odd end ?
Jordan Alexander : Audrey and Julien have this similar dynamic as Obi and Julian in that it ’s a really strong bond . But with that being say , there are still a mint of thing that they have to crop through to even get down to that core of their connection . So you ’ll just have to see if they ’re capable to work it out .
Fair enough . Speaking of dramatic play , Ms. Georgina Sparks follow back , and I want to see her engage with this generation of character . Did you get to film anything with her , without giving away any pamperer ?
Jordan Alexander : I will say that I was on set at the same time that she was on lot , and she was incredible ! [ express mirth ] Such a force out and , especially [ with ] all the drama that she fetch to the show and the original , you will not be let down . It ’s very uncivilised .
I feel that at some item , Julien will be probably one of the first one to detect who the real Gossip Girl is . What can you pester about the conflict , and dynamic ? Are they frenemies ?
Jordan Alexander : I guess that it ’s another one of Julien ’s really misguided approximation where she thinks that she can peradventure beg into this and somehow do some goodness . But also , maybe her system of logic is not inevitably absorb in the intention to do some right . I reckon that she ’s just really a very deep mazed person , which makes her like Gossip Girl and Kate . Kate has this estimation that she ’s seek to make all these the great unwashed better . But maybe if you really go deep down to her reasoning for doing this stuff , it ’s not needs pure aim , and perchance that ’s why it ’s have so much chaos .
Would you say that it ’s maybe part of Julien ’s make out - of - age fib ? These are still high schoolers we are talking about - even though they act very adult , I always block that these are still Kid and they ’re still growing up . Is that how you see it too that at some point , she may actually grow out of that ?
Jordan Alexander : Yeah , I feel it shit gumption for her to be trying to figure out what ’s ripe and what ’s faulty and getting it very wrong . But yeah , I remember it is in spades part of her developmental growth period of time and hopefully , she ’s capable to , but then we would n’t have any more dramatic event !
There could be drama in college !
Jordan Alexander : There ’s decidedly conk to be play in college ! [ express mirth ]
I ’m hop for time of year 3 . Is there anything on your personal wishlist , since we are in the Holiday spirits , that you require to see for Julien asGossip Girlgoes on ?
Jordan Alexander : in person , I imagine it ’d be so fun to play like an all - out , full - on scoundrel . It was so fun to see Savannah [ Lee Smith , who play Monet de Haan ] get to go crazy with Monet and just have her totally wreak havoc . I consider it ’d be interesting to have Julien do that because she ’s never really done it . She ’s been drag into it by Luna and Monet , or it was an accident , or it was n’t designed . So I would be very concerned to see what would happen if Julien put her mind to really trying to mess things up . Not just stumbling into all the drama and topsy-turvyness . Hey , mayhap then everything would go right ? ! possibly her problem is trying to be so good . [ laughs ]
Are you saying that she ’s born to be a baddie perhaps ? [ laughs ]
Jordan Alexander : That ’s what it is because it just does n’t seem to be working out with for her to try on and be the best version of herself . [ laugh ]
Because I cover a lot of comic book and superhero properties , I am trying to imagine a worldly concern where Julien would move into that villain phase of her life history . For example , what if she became the newfangled Gossip Girl at some point ? Is that something that has ever bilk your mind ?
Jordan Alexander : Yeah , utterly . [ Julien peradventure ] takes out Kate somehow . [ laughs ] Or maybe they start working together . I feel like their misguided sentience of morality is similar . They might end up being collaborator or something
You were talking about Monet and Julien ’s dynamic . How much fun did you and Savannah have with that switching ? Because you had such a specific relationship in time of year 1 , and now it ’s been very intense . Will they keep the peace by the end of the season ?
Jordan Alexander : It ’s very operose to say [ because ] there ’s a lot of bad thing that go down . [ laughs ] But it was first-rate fun to play that dynamic . In season 1 , it was moderately much the opposite , Monet ’s essentially just aid Julien the whole time . It was really fun to see Monet revolt and almost stake her claim on Constance . Savannah and I had a great time , particularly with the fountain scene that she did such a great job like plunging herself into the pee was so cool .
Besides promotingGossip Girlseason 2 , what are you turn on right now that fans can look ahead to ?
Jordan Alexander : It ’s nothing to do with acting , but I ’m work on an album that will be out next year . I in reality just finished recording it , and I ’m starting prepping the music videos . I have a marvelous project to put up for anyone who ’s face for that .
About Gossip Girl Season 2
It ’s the second semester of Junior year , and Gossip Girl is leaving no rock unturned in her effort to manipulate the scandalous lives / gyrate the scandalous lies of Manhattan ’s elite . She ’s learn a thing or two from her first go - stave — namely what her audience want , they shall get . It ’s prison term for her to turn the warmth up on what ’s been simmering ( Julien , have you see Monet ? ) as well as look at her own encroachment , and how she can make it more catastrophic than it was before . Even if that means lying to do it . Old enemies , new allies , constantly budge littoral zone — this semester , there can only be one queen mole rat , and by the destruction of the shoal year , everyone will know where the bodies are immerse , and just who was holding the shovel .
check out out our otherGossip Girlseason 2 interview withJoshua Safran ( Executive Producer / Showrunner ) .
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New episodes ofGossip Girlseason 2 dip on Thursdays only on HBO Max .
