'I’m in this jail of the CW pretty boy who has no range': Chace Crawford feared he'd struggle to find another role after Gossip Girl

Chace Crawford felt he was in "pretty boy jail" after Gossip Girl ended.

The 39-year-old actor shot to fame playing Nate Archibald in the CW drama from 2007 to 2012 but he spent time in the "wilderness" after the show ended and admitted he feared it would be a struggle to find another role.

He told Josh Peck and Ben Soffer on their Good Guys podcast: “First of all, [people] think actors make a ton more money and have way more agency than we actually do, depending on where you are [in your career]. I felt like I was in the wilderness for years after Gossip Girl.

"As big of a show as it was, coming off [it] as a still young guy, it’s like, ‘That’s not cool anymore,’ and I’m in this box. I’m in this jail of the CW pretty boy who has no range. I felt that, and I was probably harder on myself than I needed to be.”

Following Gossip Girl, Chace appeared in Blood + Oil, but the ABC drama was axed in 2015 after just one season, and he also had a small role in Hulu comedy Casual.

He noted: “It was not lost on me how difficult after those four years of false starts on some TV shows … like, it could be difficult to find another thing."