Evan Mock Dishes on 'Gossip Girl' Being His First Acting Role & How He's Grown Through Season 2

Evan Mock is opening up about getting into acting with his series Gossip Girl!

If you didn’t know, the HBO Max series is the 25-year-old’s first acting project, after just modeling and skateboarding previously.

Evan of course stars as Akeno “Aki” Menzies.

“When I first got the role [on Gossip Girl], I was so nervous that I couldn’t sleep or eat. Going into the experience I didn’t know what to expect, it was like diving into a whole new world that I’m not used to at all,” he told V magazine. “I didn’t know the terminology, didn’t know how anything worked or operated. So it was definitely scary for me.”

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“But now that we’re on the second season, the crew is so tightly knit and everyone’s such a big family that I enjoy going to work and I enjoy seeing everyone every day,” Evan continued. “It’s not my chosen family and not my chosen friends because we were brought together by this amazing opportunity. And it’s not my chosen career, but it’s been such an amazing experience to be able to just jump right into this realm and soak everything up like a sponge.”

Evan also dished on how he’s grown as an actor from season one to season two.

“It’s been such an amazing learning experience for me to be able to, you know, just tap into my acting skills a bit more on this second season. It’s been interesting even thinking of myself as an ‘actor’ in a professional sense,” he shared with the mag.

“This time around I’m just more comfortable in myself and my acting skills. This time around, I’m less in my head and I’ve been having a great time with the work. You know, when it’s all said and done, there’s a lot of prep and there’s a lot of things leading up to the moment before they say action…but I’m actually thoroughly enjoying all that comes with it,” Evan said. “I have a deeper understanding and I see why people do it. I understand how much work it takes, but it is all worth it once you see the final product. And with season two, by now everyone is so set in what they’re doing and so professional. So I know I have to pull through with my own performance. You know what I mean?”

The first two episodes of Gossip Girl season two are now streaming on HBO Max.