Chace Crawford Wants to Be Brad Pitt, Calls Himself "Hot Boy"

Entertainment December 11, 2009 AT 4:55PM
Chace Crawford Wants to Be Brad Pitt, Calls Himself "Hot Boy" Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

Unlike, say, super-modest Robert Pattinson, Chace Crawford won't claim that he's an unattractive young man.

Before he landed film and TV work, the Gossip Girl star famously supported himself as a corny catalog model in Dallas.

"I hated modeling," he tells Women's Wear Daily.

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Today, Crawford, 24, tags himself a "hot boy," and acknowledges that much of his current success has to do with his matinee-idol looks. "I'm not ignorant to the fact that part of the reason why [Gossip Girl]'s popular and part of the reason [why] people want to see it is to be like, 'Oh, novelty boy! Hot boy! Pretty boy'’" he tells WWD.

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But he doesn't mind: "That's all fine and good," he says. "It is what it is."

Crawford hopes to parlay his TV stardom into big-league film gigs. He says that he'd like to model his career after other former "novelty boys" Brad Pitt, Leonardo Dicaprio, Tom Cruise and Paul Newman. For now, though, he's attached to cut loose in the lead role of a remake of the 1980s classic Footloose.

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  • April 20, 2010 - 9:10pm Tiffany

    Of course, morons are ragging on Brad Pitt who is beautiful inside and out, because they believe lies, false accusations, and misportrayals about him. I can't believe this judgement. I don't think it was arrogant for him to acknowledge that his looks were a factor. A lot of celebs practice false modesty when they bank on their looks and are obsessed with their appearance. Most of these actors are superficial and it is really phony how they pretend they are so humble and that looks don't matter. Most of the actors who claim they don't recognize their sex appeal are being fake and facetious anyway. It is duplicity. It is undeniable that Chace rose to stardom because of his looks, at least he has the dignity to not act like it was because of raw talent. A lot of the men he listed like DiCaprio, Pitt, and Newman started out as heartthrobs and were labeled as pretty boys. They evolved into good actors with quality films. I think people are reading into this the wrong way. Chace is just acknowledging reality. He is not odd-looking. People have different tastes but he has that classical All-American golden boy attractiveness that most people find appealing. Claiming that people are not hot and have low self-esteem for being self-aware and honest is rotten, immature, and pathetic considering that most of the celebs who practice so-called humility are using it as manipulation to make themselves appear more likable. A lot of them cash in on their sex symbol status. It would be a blatant lie for Chace to act like he is no sex symbol and that his looks were not a factor. Jennifer and so many other actresses & models play that card when they actually vain, egotistical, and narcisstic. I rather deal with honesty than fake, calculated words that try to pass itself off as modesty. Also Leo, Newman, and alot of other actors have referred to themselves as pretty boys and heartthrobs. They acknowlege their looks. So why hate Crawford for that? It is the label that the media puts on them.

  • January 19, 2010 - 1:10am Julie

    Anybody seen the hot new guy on the horizon - Randy Wayne?? Kind of a Zac Efron/Chace Crawford mix!!! He's in the new movie "To Save a Life" Looks pretty rad.

  • December 17, 2009 - 5:05pm Sizz

    My brother looks similar to Chace Crawford, and he would NEVER EVER say anything like that about himself. He doesn't understand how handsome he is (even when young women throw themselves at him) and gets self-esteem from being intelligent & creative, and therefore has a down-to-earth personality. It probably helps that he is around regular folk "in the field" all day instead of the Hollywood scene. Sometimes I think he should try to be an actor, but if he did his priorities and focus would probably shift to more superficial things like what Chace is talking about. I'm not knocking Chace...Chace Crawford calls himself super hot because that is what everyone around him focuses on and how he has earned his $$ and self-esteem. It makes sense. It's all about what you focus on. Chace actually sees how handsome he is and at least he speaks honestly about it.

  • December 14, 2009 - 1:44pm am

    please dont compare yourself to paul newman ever!! none of them hold a candle. how pompous that he could even begin to think and have the nerve to compare him self to such an icon

  • December 12, 2009 - 10:33am London

    Chace is good looking but I still think he is no where near as hot as zac efron. p.s. brad pitt is not hot maybe those in their 40s may find him hot but not us teenagers lool AND i have NO idea why people find rob patterson hot??? omg i think americans are gone mad if they find him hot!! we in england didnt even no who he was b4 the americans bigged him up! as this "heart throb" pleasse!

  • December 11, 2009 - 7:54pm Flicky

    how much do you have to pay a fellow white adult male to call himself a MAN and not a BOY? I was officially referring to myself as a man at 17 but my peers and brethren are calling themselves boys until 31. Thats freaken sad. When I was 17 my mom said to me "you are not a man. you are only 17" and I said "mom, dad can't be sexist because he doesnt want you to ever leave him but your love for me is unconditional. I can do no wrong. A moms love is unconditional. So... i'm going to say what dad can't say. GET IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE US MEEEEENNNNN SOME DINNER". She didnt get in the kitchen but she did eventually make dinner later that evening. White males spent the 70's gettting in touch with our feminine sides and now 2010 getting in touch with our little boy side. That means we have become little girls, basically. Little hot girls.. I dont mind him calling himself "hot". I'm hot too! But... I call myself a hot man not a hot boy and I have done that since 17!!!.

  • December 11, 2009 - 7:23pm Ashely

    He is actually odd looking. Not hot. Neither is Brad.

  • December 11, 2009 - 6:24pm LMAO

    Not full of himself much, is he? Too bad he suffers from low self-esteem. Kind of like when Jessica Biel said she couldn't get roles because she's too good-looking -- and NO guy I know thinks she's hot. Interesting how not-hot people like her and this Brad Pitt wannabe are always calling themselves "hot." Probably because nobody else is. Go learn a lesson from someone truly hot, Chase: Robert Pattinson. Humility AND good looks? An unbeatable combo.

  • December 11, 2009 - 6:20pm karla

    hes not even that hot brad pitt is and was much better

  • December 11, 2009 - 6:11pm karla

    like honestly hes not ugly but hes not novelty either and it isnt helping much that hes so conceited

  • December 11, 2009 - 6:11pm Anonymous

    Not full of himself much, huh? Too bad the poor boy has such low self-esteem. Kind of like Jessica Biel claiming she can't get roles because she's too good-looking. Interesting how the people calling themselves "hot" really...aren't. Rob Pattinson IS hot, but he's modest about it...which is damn sexy. Go learn what true sexiness and hotness is about, "Hot Boy": good looks and HUMILITY. Unbeatable combination.

  • December 11, 2009 - 6:02pm jay

    wow he's pretty full of himself huh? well sorry i don't think you look that good and you are not the reason that i watch the show i think ed westwick looks much better and he's not even a 10

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