Making the most of a brief break before Gossip Girl filming for season three begins, the cast members we love are taking time off and embarking on side projects.

Falling into the both categories is Jessica Szohr, who has been spending some QT with her boyfriend (whose identity we all know) and scoring a role in Piranha 3-D.

Szohr is the latest in a series of castings for the film, which has already attracted a respectable troupe of actors including Elisabeth Shue and Richard Dreyfuss.

Jessica Szohr will play a local girl who is enjoying spring break in her normally sleepy town, which is overrun by flesh-eating fish. Sounds like a clear winner!

The film is already shooting in Arizona - she was seen there with boyfriend Ed Westwick - and will be released by Dimension Films on March 19 of next year.

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