'Gossip Girl' cast opens up about reboot, explains how it's 'different' from original Among the differences is the greater representation of people of colour and queer people. Gossip Girl | Instagram Updated: Feb 24, 2021, 09:40 PM IST The stars of HBO Max's upcoming 'Gossip Girl' reboot spilled more details on how the new show will differ from the original. As per People Magazine, four of the new cast members -- Whitney Peak, Emily Alyn Lind, Evan Mock, and Jordan Alexander -- recently told Dazed Magazine that their show will be "completely different" from the popular original version."We realized we could take these roles and make them our own - they have their own qualities that are special and differentiate them from the original," Lind said of their characters in a Q&A in the magazine's spring issue."