Over the course of 3 seasons (the fourth is in production) of ‘You’, the main character, played by Penn Bagley, has done endless questionable things like harassing his romantic interests, kidnapping, murdering and even pretending of his death.
In the midst of all these situations, Joe Goldberg masturbated in public on more than one occasion. Now, the actor responsible for bringing him to life has revealed just how complicated it was to record those scenes.
Penn Badgley reveals how difficult it is to record intimate scenes in the series “You”
On the July 13 podcast episode of Podcrushed, the actor opened up about one of the more complicated aspects of his work on the show.
In the same way, he mentioned that, although at first it may seem like a simple job, once he is on the set, he realizes that it is not so:
Additionally, Penn Badley revealed that every time he’s had to do this type of scene (“so far, one per season”) he gets the same cue from his director:
However, the interpreter does not agree with the comments, as:
Likewise, he recalled that the first time he was given this instruction, he thought that making his character a little creepy “is the point.”
Finally, he stated that:
Penn Badgley asked not to romance Joe Goldberg in Netflix series ‘You’
On several occasions, the actor has emphasized that his character is a psychopath who doesn’t deserve his fans to fall in love with him.
On his Twitter account, he often receives comments from fans of the show to point out why Joe is problematic, in addition to responding disapprovingly to those who point out that, regardless of his actions, he is very attractive.