Badgley grappled with fame even earlier than his time on “Gossip Lady.” By the point he auditioned for the CW collection, he was already being acknowledged for his supporting position in “John Tucker Should Die” in addition to his appearances on tv staples like “The Twilight Zone” and “The Younger and the Stressed.” His style of success made him lose his urge for food altogether — the truth is, it nearly led him to show the position of Dan Humphrey down.

“I used to be positively excited about not appearing after having been in tv for already, at that time, eight years — I used to be 20 years outdated, I began after I was 12,” Badgley defined in an interview with Josh Horowitz. “So when ‘Gossip Lady’ got here round I used to be like, ‘I do not know, I actually do not know.’ And in reality, when the position was first supplied to me I stated very conclusively, simply no. Thanks for pondering of me, however like, no, I can not.”

The actor would not imagine in regrets, however he actually would not assume his reservations about “Gossip Lady” have been unfounded. For higher or for worse, the position had a huge effect on his profession. “Put up-‘Gossip Lady’ sadly certainly one of my biggest considerations was, how am I going to not be recognized for this and the following 20 years?” he admitted. “And by the way in which, it has been 15 years. It has been 15 years since I made that one choice as soon as.”

Because it seems, it wasn’t “Gossip Lady” that misplaced Badgley the position of Jesse Pinkman — the truth is, it had nothing to do with him.