Gossip Girl Spinoff: Meet the Cast of the CW's Lily

Meet the stars of the show likely to be one of CW's marquee 2009-2010 series

By Kristin Dos Santos Mar 07, 2009 1:00 AMTags
Cynthia Watros, Ryan Hansen, Brittany Snow, Shiloh Fernandez, Krysten Ritter, Andrew McCarthyAlberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Lisa O'Connor/ZumaPress.com, Matt Carr/Getty Images, Jim Spellman/Getty Images, Roger Kisby/Getty Images

Sources confirm that the CW is in advanced talks to bring Cynthia Watros (Lost) and Andrew McCarthy (Lipstick Jungle) onboard the Gossip Girl spinoff tentatively titled Lily. Cynthia and Andrew would play CeCe and Rick Rhodes, Lily's parents and Serena's grandparents. (Caroline Lagerfelt plays CeCe on the current series.)

With mom and pop cast, the producers have now filled out the starting regular-castmember lineup for Lily. Yay!

And some more good news for us dual Gossip Girl-Veronica Mars fans: Reps for Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars, Party Down) confirm that he will also hook up with Lily in the '80s, reportedly as one of her new Valley pals.

Already onboard and previously announced:

  • Brittany Snow (American Dreams, Nip/Tuck) will be young Lily Rhodes. (Kelly Rutherford plays her on the current series as a grown, much-married woman)
  • Shiloh Fernandez is set to play Owen, a possible love interest for Lily.
  • Our girl Krysten Ritter (Veronica Mars, Breaking Bad) will be Lily's wild-child older sister Carol.

Also appearing in the "backdoor pilot" episode airing May 11 is No Doubt, playing themselves in the 1980s before Gwen Stefani went solo, back when they were just kids.

Poll

Meet the Cast of Lily

Which Lily castmember makes you the most excited?
Andrew McCarthy as Rick Rhodes
15.1%
Cynthia Watros as CeCe Rhodes
6.1%
Krysten Ritter as Carol Rhodes
6%
Brittany Snow as Lily Rhodes
39.1%
Ryan Hansen as Shep
13.2%
Shiloh Fernandez as Owen
3.2%
Gwen Stefani!!!
17.4%

—Additional reporting by Jennifer Godwin