WARNING: SPOILERS for Gossip Girl season 2, episode 6, “How to Bury a Millionaire.”Gossip Girl showrunner Joshua Safran breaks down season 2, episode 6, which focuses on one of many authentic present’s hottest characters. Things are heating up within the Gossip Girl sequel collection as season 2 is midway by its run. As the HBO Max drama continues to flesh out the so-called second technology, a blast from the previous served an important position on this week’s episode. Fans of the unique Gossip Girl collection will keep in mind the wrath of Georgina Sparks, performed by Michelle Trachtenberg.
As anticipated, Georgina introduced chaos alongside the best way whereas coming face-to-face with the brand new Gossip Girl, a.ok.a. Kate Keller. The episode explored some acquainted territory from The CW drama, as Georgina had served as Gossip Girl at one level within the authentic present’s run. This turned one in every of Kate’s most vital chapters in her time as Gossip Girl and set the Constance trainer on an intriguing, however doubtlessly harmful path.
Screen Rant just lately spoke with Gossip Girl showrunner Safran, who broke down the Georgina-heavy episode and the chaos she is bringing to city. Throughout the interview, Safran shared the expertise of tapping Trachtenberg as soon as once more to play the fan-favorite villainess and hinted at what to anticipate for the remainder of the season. The Gossip Girl showrunner additionally teased some enormous game-changers for the HBO Max collection and in addition opened up on the place Gossip Girl stands when it comes to a season 3 renewal.
Screen Rant: Georgina has at all times been one in every of my favorites. Was it at all times deliberate for her to be concerned with the Gossip Girl storyline when you had been doing season 1, or was it one thing that you simply guys got here up with when growing season 2?
Joshua Safran: When I pitched the present coming again, I knew that I wished Michelle to come back again. Michelle and I’ve stayed in contact through the years by texting or DM a few instances a 12 months. It was crucial to convey her again. The second that the present was greenlit, I truly suppose she reached out to me, that means she knew it was in course of. But as soon as the announcement got here out, she was like, ‘Okay, what’s it? What is occurring?’
I mentioned to her, [and to] the writers’ room, that Georgina wanted to make most chaos. In order to try this, we would have liked to provide sufficient of our characters first so that you’d perceive the stakes earlier than she confirmed up. She rapidly understood that it might be greatest for her to attend until season 2, when she would have the utmost impression. We put Milo in season 1 and had these images of Georgina to remind the viewers that she’s by no means too removed from our world.
It was nice. I feel it is proper to attend, and I feel you take pleasure in her all that rather more.
How a lot enjoyable did you might have telling her that, ‘In this sequel, the trainer is Gossip Girl?’ What was her response like whenever you instructed her?
Joshua Safran: She knew from the very starting, and she or he actually preferred it. I feel everyone was on board to not repeat the unique on who’s Gossip Girl. We did that already, we received a lot mileage out of it, and it was time to do one thing new. I feel she actually beloved that, particularly as a result of when you recall the primary collection, Georgina took Gossip Girl over for a time as a result of she was like, ‘I can do that higher.’
That’s the place her drive is coming from on this as properly. It wasn’t a anonymous, faceless factor or a pc that she needed to steal, which it was the primary time round. This time, she truly has an individual that she’s going to worsen and interrogate to do issues. She likes an adversary, and it was the correct technique to go. Michelle was actually enthusiastic about that. Also, Michelle and Tavi actually complement one another. It’s actually humorous to observe them go at one another and to be collectively.
Was that the gown that Kate wakes up in speculated to be Serena’s gown from season 1 of the unique Gossip Girl?
Joshua Safran: She knew from the very starting, and she or he actually preferred it. I feel everyone was on board to not repeat the unique on who’s Gossip Girl. We did that already, we received a lot mileage out of it, and it was time to do one thing new. I feel she actually beloved that, particularly as a result of when you recall the primary collection, Georgina took Gossip Girl over for a time as a result of she was like, ‘I can do that higher.’
That’s the place her drive is coming from on this as properly. It wasn’t a anonymous, faceless factor or a pc that she needed to steal, which it was the primary time round. This time, she truly has an individual that she’s going to worsen and interrogate to do issues. She likes an adversary, and it was the correct technique to go. Michelle was actually enthusiastic about that. Also, Michelle and Tavi actually complement one another. It’s actually humorous to observe them go at one another and to be collectively.
I feel that is the primary time this season we have heard about Serena and Dan having a child, making me suppose, ‘What would their child be like in the present day?’ Are we getting nearer to seeing any of them?
I had to return and rewatch the collection finale, as a result of I assumed they had been on good phrases.
Something I received just a little enthusiastic about was that we positively heard Milo on this episode. We are going to see Georgina and Milo collectively this season, proper?