Of all of the actors in all of the world, Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester and House’s Hugh Laurie are an unlikely combo for not one but two on-screen potential romances. So random! But Meester indeed played a teen siren with her eyes on Greg House in a 2006 two-episode arc of the show, and as was reported last night, the two have signed up to co-star in The Oranges, about “a man’s romantic relationship with the daughter of a family friend.” If you want a reminder of the May-December chemistry that makes these two sizzle on-screen, here’s a creepy scene from the Meester-Laurie story arc of House, which, honestly, has always seemed kind of far-fetched to us — Dr. Gregory House is a known sex symbol, for sure, but to 17-year-olds?

Leigton Meester on House [Fox/YouTube]
Meester Picks ‘Oranges’ [Variety]

The Unlikely Onscreen Chemistry of Leighton Meester and Hugh Laurie