SPOTTED: Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) trading downtown Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) for some uptown elegance. It appears that Lively will have a new beau by the end of this season of Gossip Girl. Armie Hammer has been cast as European socialite Gabriel Serrano from abroad, who will wine and dine Serena.
According to Gossip Girl herself “The preliminary details on his steamy affair with Serena are as follows: Gabriel Serrano is a European socialite, a man unlike any Serena has dated before. Gabriel will actually be dating Serena's socialite pal, Poppy Lifton (Tamara Feldman), before he moves on to her. Sounds like a scandalous love triangle worthy of the Upper East Side - and his character's drama doesn't stop there.” Armie Hammer will appear on three episodes toward the end of Season Two. Initially, the new beau will sweep her off her feet, but eventually the relationship takes a sinister turn.
Gossip Girl will also be introducing several other characters to the Upper East Side as the show heads further into the second season. There’s Nate’s (Chase Crawford) super-rich cousin Tripp Vanderbilt and his fiancée, Maureen, who will be played by Aaron Tveit and Holley Fain, respectively. Armie Hammer’s arrival on Gossip Girl will reportedly pave the way for the season-ending storyline the show is planning, which is loosely inspired by actress Anne Hathaway’s controversial romance with Italian real estate developer Raffaello Follieri. To be sure how things end though you will have to just tune in yourself and find out....you know you love me.
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