Why Vanessa From The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie Looks So Familiar

After the success of the original series on the CW, Max tried to recapture lightning in a bottle by rebooting «Gossip Girl» in 2021 — and it just didn’t take. The «Gossip Girl» reboot ended up getting canceled after just two seasons. As for Lail, she briefly played a supporting role as Lola Morgan in the show’s debut season.

Lola — not to be confused with the original show’s Lola, a wealthy heiress hiding from her family — shows up for a little while in Season 1 as the former fiancée to music executive Davis Calloway («The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel» star Luke Kirby). You don’t know that at first, though; when Lola first appears, she bonds with It girl Julien Calloway (Jordan Alexander) in a bar bathroom over boy troubles, and both Julien and the audience find out later that Lola is talking about Julien’s dad, Davis. Apparently, Davis and Lola have been carrying on a secret relationship, and this makes Julien resentful and angry, so she schemes against the two of them.

Small role aside, casting Lail here is a clever move because of her role on «You.» Penn Badgley is, of course, an original «Gossip Girl» cast member known for playing Dan Humphrey (who actually turned out to be the titular gossiping girl). Lola is a small role, but it feels like a cool Easter egg for fans of both shows.