reboot on HBO Max wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Kristen Bell. ET's Leanne Aguilera spoke with the creators and cast at the premiere in New York City, and they talked about Bell returning to her role as the voice of Gossip Girl that she had in the original series.The new series takes place nine years after Penn Badgley's Dan Humphrey revealed himself to be Gossip Girl, as a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.