Chace Crawford Was in 'CW Pretty Boy" Jail Post-Gossip Girl
During an appearance on Josh Peck and Ben Soffer's Good Guys podcast, Chace spoke about the misconceptions people had about him when he finished Gossip Girl's six season run.'I felt like I was in the wilderness for years after Gossip Girl,' he said, per Us Weekly. 'As big of a show as it was, coming off [it] as a still young guy, it's like, 'That's not cool anymore,' and I'm in this box. I'm in this jail of the CW pretty boy who has no range.'
The 'CW pretty boy' jail might sound like a dream vacation spot—book me a cell right next to Chad Michael Murray and Scott Speedman, stat!—but for Chace, it was limiting. Looking at his IMDB page, it's not hard to see what the actor is talking about. Though he has consistently been working since Gossip Girl ended in 2012, it took almost seven years before he booked his next big gig, playing The Deep in The Boys.
'I just remember that audition hitting my inbox and reading the synopsis, I was like, 'That sounds wild!' And then reading the pilot, I was like, 'Oh, this is great. This is so out-there and original and weird,'' he recounted of The Boys. The role of The Deep, an earnest, but extremely shallow superhero who can breathe underwater and communicate with sea creatures, immediately stood out. 'I'm like, 'I know that guy. I know a hundred of those guys.' I instantly felt confident and excited about my take on the character.'
As for all those years spent in 'CW pretty boy' jail, they made him all the more grateful for his current gig. 'I was really, really appreciative when this happened,' he said. And, don't worry, guys, he's still pretty. He's just a Prime Video pretty boy now.
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