Series creator and showrunner Joshua Safran spills the deets on those impossibly cool teens hanging on the Met steps.

In the world ofGossip Girl, you’re no one until you’re talked about.

Here’s what series creator and showrunnerJoshua Safranhad to say about the fresh crop of Manhattan’s elite.

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They walk through the world knowing they’re important.

The thing is, sometimes that can be a blessing and sometimes it can be a burden."

“Therefore, through her eyes, they have to reevaluate themselves.”

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“He’s guilty rich.

However, she doesn’t have that feeling Blair had that she was not winning but deserves to win.

Audrey has this grace and competence, so winning is not even a part of her vocabulary.

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She knows who she is.

When she gets dressed for the morning, it’s for herself not for the world.”

“Max is open, carefree, kind, and good.

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He can be a sh–ster, but he’s loving.

“He’s a combination of a new and an old soul.

That’s who he is.”

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“If Luna says, ‘That’s not for you,’ you’re like, ‘You’re right.

That’s not for me.'”

“What she says goes, and she knows what goes.”

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“Being a millionaire in a private school in 2007 was much different.

Now you have [rich] kids from other countries whose parents can’t even live in this country.

Kate is not a part of that world and doesn’t understand it.”

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Gossip Girlpremieres July 8 on HBO Max.

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