We know her best as Gossip Girl’s Blair Waldorf, but this summer you can catch Leighton Meester taking on a fresh new role in her latest flick Remember the Daze. The indie drama, now available on DVD, features an ensemble cast with Meester at the head of the class. As valedictorian Tori, her character is forced to put her inhibitions aside in this coming-of-age tale directed by Jess Manafort.
Hollywood.com had an exclusive chat with Meester to talk about the new DVD, Gossip Girl and more.
Hollywood.com: How does Tori fit into this tale of suburban teens?
Leighton Meester: She is a graduating senior and she is the valedictorian of the class and she is paired up with her best friend in the movie Sylvia…[Tori] is this really uptight girl who – maybe not uptight, but she’s definitely not wild like her friend, but throughout the day she’s influenced to do some bad things. She goes on a babysitting job where she is convinced to take some drugs that make her do some crazy things. She takes some mushrooms and she has a moment. A few moments!
HW: Did you relate to Tori’s story more than the other characters in the film?
LM: There are all kinds of different personality traits and I relate to pretty much all of them in one way or another. In high school though, I would have to say, I mean I didn’t have the same drama as Brianne (Katrina Begin) and Dawn (Lyndsy Fonseca), who are the two girls in the little love affair, but they seem the kind of more balanced, they’re not super partiers – actually I can’t really tell you who I relate to the most because I do relate to everybody.
HW: How did you spend the last day of high school?
LM: Celebrating [laughs]. I actually went to the beach…I went to Beverly Hills High. My girlfriend and I went to the beach and ran into the water. I don’t know why, but it was kind of fun now that I look back on it.
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