Three new characters are heading to Gossip Girl for multi-episode arcs to shake things up a little — Cyrus Rose, Max and Stella.

Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Clueless) has been cast as Cyrus Rose, father of Serena’s upcoming love interest Aaron Rose (John Patrick Amedori).

According to the Gossip Girl books, Cyrus is a wealthy real estate tycoon who will be a love interest for Blair’s mom Eleanor Waldorf. And if the show were to follow along with the books, Cyrus would eventually marry Eleanor.

Among his many parts in movies and television shows, Shawn also does work as a voice actor for animated films and TV series, including his role as “Rex the Dinosaur” for the Toy Story movies.

Wade Allain-Marcus (American Mall) will play Max, a hip photographer with ties to the New York fashion and art world who is attractive and manipulative. I wonder who he will be manipulating?

According to OK magazine, Stella Maeve will play Emma, the teen daughter of a Yale University alumni who Blair (Leighton Meester) gets to babysit. Only Emma has been reading up on the socialite and has plans on how Blair can entertain her.

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