Chace Crawford Still Feels Like He’s Proving Himself

You don’t know this, but Chace Crawford is a funny guy. You do know him as Nate Archibald from “Gossip Girl,” so you know he’s handsome and likable and can give good lacrosse bro. Since the show’s conclusion, he’s pushed himself in different, non-teen drama directions, with projects like ABC’s ill-fated show “Blood & Oil” and smaller ones “All About Nina” and “Charlie Says.” But with his role as The Deep in the Seth Rogen-developed, superhero, dark comedy “The Boys,” out Friday on Amazon, Crawford is about to show his comedic side — while in superhero tights at that. “I haven’t got to do comedy and I’m a funny guy. I can be funny!” he says from a room at the JW Marriott on Central Park in Manhattan that’s been his home base for a day of press meetings. He did three episodes of the Hulu show “Casual” a few years ago and got his first taste of what it feels like as an actor to make people laugh. “I was like ‘This is what I want to do.’ I want to be excited to go to work…it’s fun for me to make people laugh, and play this crazy character,” he says. Crawford describes

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