Gossip Girl - Season 5 - Set Photos - 5th February 2012

Television series

Dan "Lonely Boy" Humphrey is the son of rocker Rufus Humphrey, and is the older sibling of Jenny Humphrey. His best friend is Vanessa Abrams, whom he had feelings for a year prior to the pilot episode of Gossip Girl. Dan is a poet and attends the St. Jude's School for boys. He has longed for Serena van der Woodsen since a party when they were fifteen, and she was the only person who was nice to him. He has somewhat of a disgust for Serena’s best friend, Blair Waldorf; however by the end of the third season Dan and Blair have warmed up to each other, to the point that Dan...

How do you feel about Chuck and Blair’s relationship?
– “I think they’re meant to be together; they’re just as bad as each other! It’s pretty self-destructive at times, but they thrive on it and whatever you have to do to get your kicks…At the end of the day it comes down to living on the edge or not living at all.”

What was it like kissing a boy during the last series?
– “Fine. there was no stubble as he was pretty clean-shaven. I’ve kissed women who’ve had more stubble than that.”

If you and Penn Badgley had an arm wrestle, who’d win?
– “Probably Penn because he’s...