Penn Badgley Admits He Wanted To ‘Turn’ His ‘You’ Role ‘Down’ Because Of The Sex Scenes

If Penn Badgley had his way, determination wouldn’t beryllium immoderate Joe Goldberg enactment scenes successful You. The prima of Netflix’s smash deed continues to unfastened up astir his deficiency of tendency to person intimate moments onscreen. “It’s important to maine successful my existent beingness to not person them,” helium told Variety.

Penn Badgley and Charlotte Ritchie arsenic Joe and Kate successful ‘You’ play 4. (Netflix)

He added, “My fidelity successful my relationship. It’s important to me. And actually, it was 1 of the reasons that I initially wanted to crook the relation down. I didn’t archer anybody that. But that is why.”

The idiosyncratic who “encouraged” Penn to play Joe Goldberg, the charming but highly problematic serial slayer successful You, was his wife, Domino Kirke-Badgley. “And I wasn’t going to perceive to anyone much than her,” helium said.

Penn listened to his woman and took connected the relation of Joe. After its archetypal play aired connected Lifetime, Netflix picked up the show. You has go a monolithic deed for the streaming service, and the full satellite has fallen successful emotion with Penn’s portrayal of Joe.

Compared to erstwhile seasons of You, determination are importantly less enactment scenes successful season 4 and each of them see Penn and his onscreen emotion involvement Charlotte Ritchie afloat clothed. Penn initially revealed connected his Podcrushed podcast that helium went to You enforcement shaper Sera Gamble to sermon doing less enactment scenes up of play 4.

Penn Badgley arsenic Joe Goldberg. (Netflix)

“I said to Sera, ‘My tendency would beryllium zero, to spell from 100 to zero.’ But I signed this contract. I signed up for this show. I cognize what I did. You can’t instrumentality this facet retired of the DNA of the concept. So however overmuch little tin you marque it, was my question to them,” helium said.

The Gossip Girl alum noted that Sera was “really glad” that helium was “honest” with her astir his feelings. “She was benignant of… I privation to accidental astir similar empowered. Yeah, she had a truly affirmative response. And they came backmost with a phenomenal reduction,” helium admitted. The archetypal 5 episodes of You play 4 are disposable to watercourse now. The 2nd batch of episodes volition beryllium released connected March 9.

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