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‘Gossip Girl’ brings Kettering’s Saum back
Among other things, the CW series “Gossip Girl” just says New York. It takes place and is taped on location there.
Sherri Saum had just moved from New York to Los Angeles a few weeks ago when she landed a recurring role on the show.
She’s back in New York.
“It still hasn’t registered. It’s been a whirlwind,” said Saum, who had just finished her first day of shooting and was driving her rental car through Manhattan when reached by cell phone.
She and husband Kamar de los Reyes (they met while working on “One Life to Live”) have an apartment in Manhattan, but sublet it when they moved to Los Angeles to focus on work there.
“I practically drive right past our place, but I’m staying with a friend on Long Island,” said the Kettering native and graduate of Kettering Fairmont High School, who started as a model.
In “Gossip Girl,” she plays a well-dressed character called Holland Kemble who “gave up an extremely prestigious career to become a trophy wife,” Saum said.
“They (the show’s producers) are being a bit cagey about the part, but I do know Kemble is going to pose some sort of problem for two of the main characters.”
Her clothes are a story of their own.
“They’re gorgeous. There’s cashmere. It’s Calvin Klein this and Mishka that. They’re worth more than I spend on rent,” said Saum, who shot a film this year with Ally Sheedy and others (“Ten Stories “) that is just starting on the festival circuit. She will also be featured on the Nov. 16 episode of CSI: Miami (10 p.m. CBS).
“Gossip Girl” (9 p.m. Mondays on CW) has been an abrupt immersion.
“We shot all day, starting at 5 a.m.,” she said during her evening drive home. “I wasn’t prepared for the attention. Everyone in New York knows about the show. Everywhere we went to shoot, there were fans and paparazzi.”
She isn’t sure yet when her episodes will be shown, or if there might be a future for her character.
“It’s too early to tell about that. There’s always hope. But this is a nice meaty opportunity to work on the show for a while.”
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