While Chace Crawford’s Gossip Girl character, Nate Archibald, may hit all the New York hot spots, in real life the actor plays it cool.

When it comes to dating, in particular.

“The ideal, I think, when you’re starting out, is something low-key, like playing the [Nintendo] Wii, ordering in pizza and then grabbing a beer,” Chace Crawford, 22, told People magazine.

But come time to step out, the actor says he’d take off “to a concert in Central Park or an NBA basketball game, if she likes sports.”

His teams of choice, not at all surprisingly:

“The Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys - I’m a Texas kid!”

Crawford dated Carrie Underwood - until the pair broke up via text message - but now he’s single, staying busy with work and working out.

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Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford arrived last night at “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” - Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday. Here’s our man …

Chace’s terrific character, Nate Archibald, did not appear on last night’s Gossip Girl episode, “All About My Brother.” But he was there in spirit … or something like that. Do you like his look?

That’s the word on the street - and in New York Magazine. Chace Crawford of Gossip Girl and actress Rumer Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore) have been seen out multiple times. Are they dating? We’re not sure, but we’re curious what you think of this couple …

Does Chace Crawford have eyes for Rumer Willis?

The Gossip Girl cast - Jessica Szohr, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen and Leighton Meester - collectively made People magazine’s Most Beautiful list. No argument here!

The beautiful and talented cast of Gossip Girl.

On-screen, they are gorgeous, scheming, back-stabbing high schoolers. Off-screen… oh who are we kidding, they are still gorgeous. But fortunately, they’re somewhat kinder to one another.

“I assure you,” Badgley says, “we are all fun and charming as hell.”

Our own Chace Crawford was one of the first to take a test drive on the new Mario Kart Wii video game at Nintendo’s daytime block party at the Nintendo World store in New York’s Rockefeller Center on Saturday.

Here’s a look at the Gossip Girl star as he gets behind the (wireless) wheel and looks as handsome as ever in the process …

Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford is all over the road.

Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford kept his arm around rumored girlfriend (!?) Casey Laine in New York City this past weekend.

Looks like more than rumored to us. Think these two are dating?

DO Casey Laine and Chace Crawford make a cute couple?

Is Casey Laine, who is from Chace Crawford’s native Dallas, Tx., speaking out about Chace on her MySpace page? It reads: “Kiss me slow and softly. Make me dream of you.” OMG Chace. She loves u boi.

For the opposing viewpoint, there’s also a rumor going around that this is an old photo, they are just friends and have known each other for years.

If you can shed any light on this, Gossip Girl fans, please let our staff members know ASAP so we can set the record straight!

A striped and typically handsome Chace Crawford gets a nice jump start on the day with an early appearance on New York’s CW Morning Show Thursday to promote Gossip Girl - which returns Monday!

Check out Chace Crawford’s character, Nate Archibald, in some of the videos we’ve posted from Monday’s all-new Gossip Girl episode.

Chace Crawford has become one the most popular members of the talented Gossip Girl cast, and is a considerably funnier and more light-hearted guy than his conflicted character, Nate Archibald.

Here’s an interview Chace Crawford gave to People, in which he reveals that he and fellow Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick are roommates, and how he’s a big sports fan who also loves a good prank …

Q: What did you do during the strike?
Chace Crawford: I went to a lot of sporting events. I don’t think I was in the same place for more than five days. We went to London to promote the show. I got to go to my first European soccer match. It was the equivalent of a playoff game. We thought we were sitting with the home team, but they sat us with the away team. Me and [Ed Westwick] were literally up against the railing. On every step on the other side were not cops but riot control — masks, shields, everything. Ed was saying, “You should take off your hat. Afterward, they might remember you from your green hat and you might get your [butt] kicked.” So I took off my hat.

Q: Are you a big sports fan?
Chace Crawford: I’m from Texas so it’s more about bull riding for me. No, it’s football, but I’m becoming a baseball fan being up in the northeast. I’m a big Dallas Mavericks and Cowboys fan.

Q: What do you guys gossip about during your downtime on the set.
Chace Crawford: Ed is my roommate. We’re like brothers. We talk about everything under the sun and no one ever knows what we’re talking about. I haven’t seen Penn Badgley in ages. We never have scenes together. We’ll go hang out, but we don’t gossip. We talk about movies and girls.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about being back at work?
Chace Crawford: I like having a routine, not running around like crazy. It’s like a family on set. I had all moments of déjà vu on my first day back. It was like being back at school. I realized someday I will really miss this. It’s like being back in a camp atmosphere.

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Vegas, Baby: On break from N.Y. City, Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford and Lipstick Jungle’s Lindsay Price cooled off Saturday at the TAO Beach Grand Summer Opening in Sin City’s Venetian Hotel…

  Lindsay Price may be a little old for our man Chace Crawford (who’s single now), but you never know, right? We’ve seen stranger on Gossip Girl …

That didn’t take long.

After breaking up with American Idol winner Carrie Underwood via text message, Gossip Girl heartthrob Chace Crawford is reportedly rebounding with the show’s newest cast member, Michelle Trachtenberg.

Spies from the New York Post saw Crawford and Michelle Trachtenberg at SoHo hideout Upstairs “flirting heavily” Saturday. Said the onlooker, “They were all over each other. She was drinking a beer and snuggling him.”

What do you think? Would Chace Crawford and Michelle Trachtenberg make a cute couple? Or does she pale in comparison to Carrie?