ACTRESS BARTON TURNS DOWN ‘GOSSIP GIRL’ ROLE
February 29, 2008 - 1:27 pm
Some hot gossip: Mischa Barton won’t be joining the cast of CW’s "Gossip Girl."
TV Guide reported that Barton, 22, had been approached to play Georgina Sparks, an old friend of reformed party girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively).