“The writers, we talked a lot about our lives and came across issues where someone very close to us turned out to be a different way than we thought and how we wrestled with it… We talked a lot about abuses of power amongst your own family members.”Īt the end of Episode 9, Julien’s mistakenly outed as trying to silence Riley - a singer who is prepared to come forward with accusations against Davis - due to Kate (Tavi Gevinson) recording her on Gossip Girl’s Instagram Live at the wrong point in a conversation that Kate actually thought would help Julien’s image by showing her taking Riley’s side. “That story is a very sensitive thing, but it’s very much in the world,” Safran said. It was important to Safran and HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” team that the story - which Safran pitched to the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service before the reboot show was even picked up - be handled delicately and truthfully and that Kirby and Alexander know the specifics well in advance. And even if you were not responsible in any way, you are still a part of it forever.” So really wanting to take a look at what it’s like when you know a person to be one way, who is so close to you, and you actually realize is another way, and it calls into question everything about who you are and what you believe and how you put your trust and faith into people. Safran continued: “And I have always very interested in looking at the fact that when people do terrible things and we are very quick to, understandably, be like, that is a terrible thing, we often don’t take into account what it’s like for their family members who have to live with that as deeply as anybody. HBO Max’s ‘Gossip Girl’ Creator on That 16-Person ‘Maximum Drama’ Thanksgiving Dinner Scene
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