Taylor Momsen
On her new movie, Paranoid Park, and the next season of Gossip Girl
by Holly Siegel
The lovely Taylor Momsen (that’s Jenny Humphrey to you) spoke to me after school, at a diner frequented by her friends at Professional Performing Arts School, the New York City high school that has seen Claire Danes, Britney Spears and Alicia Keys walk through it’s halls. PPAS is about three miles from the type of schools that Gossip Girl’s Constance Billiard is based on, and even further from Oregon’s Burnside Skate Park, where her new movie, Paranoid Park (directed by Gus Van Sant), was filmed. In the movie, Momsen plays Jennifer, the girlfriend of the main character, Alex, played by Gabe Nevins, who is amazing in his first role. Here, Momsen tells us about filming the movie, high school in New York, the next season of Gossip Girl, what fragrance she’s wearing and more.
Quotes of Taylor:
“I was 3 in my first role -I booked a Shake’N’Bake commercial. It was funny, I was wearing a little yellow shirt and I ad-libbed “you shake it all up ‘til it’s crunchy and ready to eat!â€â€
“We were filming one day and we were walking to set from our trailers and a swarm of people had ditched school to watch us film. The headmaster came up and was yelling at them. It was ridiculous, they were mobbing us! It was insane - people were jumping and crying. They had to get traffic control. I was like, ‘I’m just a person. I go to school with probably people you know!’â€
“I have my uptown older group of friends and some of my downtown younger group of friends.â€
“I went to a couple of shows. It was awesome, my first real fashion week. I went to Erin Fetherston, Alberta Feretti, Elyse Overland and Adam [Lippes]. It was such a great experience. Every show was so different. I got a taste of all the different things it had to offer.â€
“I couldn’t pick one. I don’t think I could pick. I love Diesel for every day and, um, ok, I am a shoe addict. I love Miu Miu, Christian Louboutin. I love Converse. I have such a range to my style. I love getting dressed up. I wore that pink Jean Paul Gautier which was so cool to wear to the premier, there are so many wonderful designers. I got to wear the designers I went to the shows of, they dressed me for the shows.â€
