What's the Difference between Gossip Girl the Book and Gossip Girl the TV Show?
In the Book |
In the TV Show |
Serena van der Woodsen
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Serena van der Woodsen
Portrayed by: Blake Lively
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Dan Humphrey
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Dan Humphrey
Portrayed by: Penn Badgley
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Blair Waldorf
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Blair Waldorf
Portrayed by: Leighton Meester
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Gossip Girl Book vs TV Show
In the Book |
In the TV Show |
Erik van der Woodsen is three years older than Serena. |
He is two years younger. |
Vanessa goes to school with Blair and Serena. |
She is home schooled.
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Dan and Vanessa met when she moved from Vermont at 15. |
They were childhood friends and then Vanessa left town. She returned when they were 16. |
Serena left for boarding school because she ruined her relationship with Blair by having sex with Nate. |
She left because after a party a guy she was with died after doing cocaine with her.
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Chuck's parents are married. |
Chuck thinks his mother died in childbirth. |