Penn Badgley Almost Played Aaron Paul's 'Breaking Bad' Role of Jesse Pinkman

Joe Goldberg is back where it all began.Netflix's dropped Part 2 of season 4 on Thursday, and by the end of the season, Joe (Penn Badgley) found himself reintegrating himself in New York City, swimming in resources he never had access to before — thanks to Kate's (Charlotte Ritchie) inheritance following her father's death (at Joe's hand, of course) -- and turning over a new-ish leaf as he says he's ready for a second chance at life.Of course, it's a bit of a ruse. Following his failed suicide attempt in London, Joe comes clean to Kate about who he actually is (bye, Jonathan Moore!) and all the terrible murders he's committed.

A fitting conclusion. Penn Badgley is far from Joe Goldberg’s biggest fan — and the actor has often expressed his interest in watching the fictional character’s story come to an end.

During filming “You”, Tati Gabrielle had the opportunity to get to know Penn Badgley much better.

Doja Cat smiled in a photo on Instagram while wearing a top from I.AM.GIA.Suki Waterhouse posed in a red Maison Atia Genevieve trench coat on Instagram. Seth Rogen, Lauren Miller Rogen and Hilarity for Charity hosted their 3rd annual CareCon event, a free virtual event that had almost 2,000 registrants, on National Caregiver’s Day, where attendees enjoyed appearances from Howie Mandel, Nicole Byer, Wayne Brady, Joey McIntyre and Judy Greer. Rumer Willis spoke about her pregnancy on Kimberly Van Der Beek and Peggy Rometo’s new podcast, .Emma Chamberlain starred in the Aritzia Sunday Best Spring 23 campaign and collection, which features the social media star in a four-part video series, “Sunday Musing," that showcases new Sunday Best styles including poplin dresses, ribbed tees, pleated miniskirts, and more.JAY-Z had dinner with friends at etta Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they enjoyed meatballs, pizza, pasta, branzino, and crab. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore the Alo Gold rush Puffer Vest and Alo Airlift High-Waist Elongated Legging in black while out in London.Hailey Bieber wore a Wardrobe NYC Cargo Mini Skirt and Magda Butrym Flower Sandal from FWRD to the Moncler Genius show during London Fashion Week in London.Madison Beer and Madelyn Cline shared their love for the PanOxyl Acne Foaming Wash, a powerful daily cleanser that works to clear inflammatory acne and kills over 99% of acne-causing bacteria in 15 seconds.Addison Rae rocked a low rise mini skirt by Danielle Guizio while posing for a photo on Instagram.Catherine Zeta-Jones wore a Cristina Ottaviano gown to the premiere of in London.Julia Garner had her hair styled by Bobby Eliot, who used Fable & Mane products for her look, for the 29th Annual SAG

Doja Cat smiled in a photo on Instagram while wearing a top from I.AM.GIA.Suki Waterhouse posed in a red Maison Atia Genevieve trench coat on Instagram. Seth Rogen, Lauren Miller Rogen and Hilarity for Charity hosted their 3rd annual CareCon event, a free virtual event that had almost 2,000 registrants, on National Caregiver’s Day, where attendees enjoyed appearances from Howie Mandel, Nicole Byer, Wayne Brady, Joey McIntyre and Judy Greer. Rumer Willis spoke about her pregnancy on Kimberly Van Der Beek and Peggy Rometo’s new podcast, .Emma Chamberlain starred in the Aritzia Sunday Best Spring 23 campaign and collection, which features the social media star in a four-part video series, “Sunday Musing," that showcases new Sunday Best styles including poplin dresses, ribbed tees, pleated miniskirts, and more.JAY-Z had dinner with friends at etta Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they enjoyed meatballs, pizza, pasta, branzino, and crab. Hailey Bieber wore a Wardrobe NYC Cargo Mini Skirt and Magda Butrym Flower Sandal from FWRD to the Moncler Genius show during London Fashion Week in London.Madison Beer and Madelyn Cline shared their love for the PanOxyl Acne Foaming Wash, a powerful daily cleanser that works to clear inflammatory acne and kills over 99% of acne-causing bacteria in 15 seconds.Addison Rae rocked a low rise mini skirt by Danielle Guizio while posing for a photo on Instagram.Catherine Zeta-Jones wore a Cristina Ottaviano gown to the premiere of in London.Julia Garner had her hair styled by Bobby Eliot, who used Fable & Mane products for her look, for the 29th Annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles, California. Paige Lorenze launched a new camo hoodie collection, featuring three different colors for her brand,

Lise Pedersen Following in the footsteps of its Nordic neighbors, Finland is fast becoming a destination of choice for foreign co-productions, not least thanks to its up-front cash-back tax incentive introduced in 2017. Despite a slight drop in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, figures show a 40%-plus growth of the audiovisual industry in the past five years, distributed evenly between co-production and service production. In addition to the national rebate of 25%, productions can get up to 40% incentive money thanks to top-ups from regional film commissions. Other support mechanisms include public broadcaster YLE and the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK), as well as a growing number of private investors such as VOD platform Elisa Viihde and Aurora Studios,  which   are   working actively on getting Finnish content out to the world.

Breaking Bad, describing the part as “the one that got away”.The You star was asked in a new interview with Buzzfeed to name a role fans would be surprised that he auditioned for but didn’t get.“One I got close on was Breaking Bad,” Badgley said. “It was between me and Aaron Paul, we tested.” Paul ended up getting the role of crystal meth cook and dealer Jesse Pinkman in the hit series, which aired for five seasons between 2008 to 2013.Actually, that was the best television script I’d read at that point,” added Badgley.

Had things gone another way, Penn Badgley would have played Jesse Pinkman alongside Bryan Cranston in “Breaking Bad”.

Penn Badgley saying no to sex scenes in YOU Season 4 has gone down well but would an actress have had the same luxury? If you are as eagle-eyed as Joe Goldberg from Netflix’s psychological thriller YOU, you may have noticed the subtle but significant dialling down of raunchier scenes the show was famous for in earlier seasons. It turns out this is because the former Gossip Girl star asked to do as few sex scenes as possible out of respect for his wife Domino Kirke.

Bruce Willis and his family received an outpouring of support on Thursday after they announced that the actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).  Sophia Bush, Selma Blair and Alyssa Milano all said they were sending their love to the family, and Bonnie Hunt wrote, "An abundance of love for you dear Demi, for Bruce, for all of you,family♥️ so much love," after Demi Moore, Willis’ ex-wife and mother to three of his five children, posted the statement on her Instagram. Paris Hilton also said she was sending her love to the family.  Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, also shared the statement, prompting Kimora Lee Simmons to write, "Sending you and your beautiful family love Emma." Aaron Paul wrote on Bruce's daughter Rumer Willis’ page, "Love you so much my friend! Sending hugs to you and that beautiful family of yours.

You star Penn Badgley might have used Taylor Swift‘s “Anti-Hero” to introduce himself to TikTok. However, he thinks his character Joe might not be as big a fan of the pop phenom.

You star Penn Badgley has said his character would “probably despise” Taylor Swift.When asked about his first effort at a TikTok video in conversation with Variety, Badgley discussed having set the song to Taylor Swift’s recent single ‘Anti-Hero’.Badgley lip-syncs to the song on TikTok, with the clip having gone viral and Swift commenting “OMG!!!!” on the social media platform.However, the actor said that his character Joe Goldberg “probably despises” Taylor Swift, despite one episode of You containing a reference to the pop icon.“I think, unfortunately, he would despise her,” Badgley said. “Because she’s successful and blonde, maybe? I don’t know, but I think he would.”In a four-star review of You season four part one, NME wrote: “Yes, it’s all very silly, but it’s also surprisingly gripping and consistently witty.”Penn Badgley recently revealed he requested to have no unnecessary sex scenes in the recent season of You, due to his marriage to singer Domino Kirke.Speaking on the podcast Podcrushed, Badgley said: “I asked Sera Gamble, the creator of the show, ‘Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?’“This was actually a decision I had made before I took the show.

in the fame department after Gossip Girl first premiered in the mid-aughts. Obviously, this was only heightened after tabloids caught wind of his . Stressful as this period was, Badgley said that dating Lively may have saved him from going down a destructive path. Plenty of young stars from this era have been open about dealing with substance abuse (, , , etc.), but Badgley said in an interview with that he never really did.

While Dan and Serena made it down the aisle on Gossip Girl, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively called it quits long before the 2012 series finale.

Penn Badgley credits his co-star and ex-girlfriend, Blake Lively, with keeping him on the right track as his fame was on the rise.In a new interview with, Badgley opens up about his three-year romance with Lively, who played his character Dan Humphrey's on-screen love interest, Serena van der Woodsen.The pair started dating in real life in 2007 at the start of the teen drama's run.“Beyond our relationship, I don’t think anybody was going to be interested in me publicly,” Badgley says, adding of his overnight fame, “It was a little bit night and day. I think the date was Sept.

Netflix is still releasing pretty much everything (outside of some reality shows) in their patented binge model. All of the episodes, all at once.

“I’m not some cold-blood psycho killer.” To which all fans of Netflix’s You would say, sure Joe, sure.

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Penn Badgley isn't holding back when it comes to romanticized portrayals of infamous serial killers on Netflix — even if he plays one.The 36-year-old actor, who plays fictional murderer Joe Goldberg in acknowledged the audience's growing fascination with serial killers amid portrayals of several notorious, real-life killers in TV shows and movies in recent years on the streaming platform.Badgley specifically singled out Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, two serial killers who were given the Netflix treatment in the 2019 Zac Efron film,  and the 2022 Evan Peters series, though he never mentions the projects by name. Peters, for his part, won a Golden Globe for his performance as Jeffrey Dahmer.«You need to look at that, inside,» Badgley said when asked his thoughts on people admitting their attraction toward problematic men. «Now, to be fair, with our show you're meant to fall in love with him.

, part of the blame falls on the shoulders of itself.While acknowledging that Joe Goldberg, the fictional murderer he plays on You, is written to be attractive to audiences, Badgley doesn't mince words when it comes to how the streamer has romanticized real-life killers like Jeffrey Dahmer. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Badgley said that anyone who finds themselves drawn to serial killer characters should first look inward for why that might be. But, he added, that doesn't excuse how these characters are portrayed to audiences. “To be fair, with our show, you’re meant to fall in love with [Joe].