Entertainmentpenn Badgley talks about the emotional impact of living Dan in Gossip Girlual protagonist of the You series, participated in an interview where he revealed more details about his career and his insecurities for writing

Penn Badgleycurrent protagonist of the series Youbegan to act new. Since 12, he has already participated in productions as The Young and the Restless (1973) and gossip Girl (2007). This fame connected to fame, made it harder to Badgley differentiate your personal life from your career.

During the podcast Call Her Daddythe actor reflected how difficult it was to act so much time in the same character and that during the early years of gossip Girl, “There was not enough separation” Between him and his character:

“You are seen as this person, are called by their name on the street. You also need to be that person constantly at work.”

The star of Youwhich was just over 20 years old at the time, admitted that “I had no emotional maturity to understand how to differentiate myself [de Dan] only in terms of self -esteem “he said.

It was a “fight,” he said, mainly because the series continued for years. “There are many differences between cinema and television. When you make a television series, you do it constantly.”

During the interview, Penn also revealed that even “with a tiredness at the age of 20” he accepted the role of Dan Humphrey for being “almost bankrupt” and “The future was really unknown, and I think the bets were high”.

gossip GirlIt is available in Maxand the 5th season of YouIt is now available at Netflix.

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