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Penn Badgley shared last month that he had requested fewer “intimacy scenes” for season 4 of his popular Netflix series You.
The 36-year-old actor revealed his request on his Podcrushed podcast. Now he is responding to the comments and backlash from his request.
After seeing the response to his request, Penn says his comments were actually “blown out of proportion.”
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“What I was speaking about wasn’t actually the final product,” Penn told GQ. “It was sort of like the culture inherent to the production of all movies, but particularly those scenes. It’s like, look, we know that Hollywood has had a history of flagrant exploitation and abuse.”
Penn admitted he was “nervous to even have that conversation” with You showrunner and co-creator Sera Gamble.
“It was not easy. It was easy because of Sera‘s response, and I felt relieved,” Penn shared. “But technically speaking, if I thought I’d had the ability to set that boundary earlier, I would have.”
After having that difficult conversation, he isn’t sure how that will impact his career. “We shall see if setting that boundary, of course, has any ramifications. Just simply, it does limit the number of projects you can be a part of,” Penn said.
Penn also recently shared his thoughts about how many seasons his hit Netflix series, You, should have.
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You prior to filming on season four.The actor, who plays serial killer Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series, discussed the show’s lasting legacy during an interview with NME.“How it ends will really, really matter [to that legacy],” Badgley said. “And that’s up to us; we need a satisfying ending.
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Penn Badgley says his comments about requesting for his character, Joe Goldberg, to have less sex scenes were «blown out of proportion.»Speaking with, the former star said he was taken aback by the reaction to comments he made on his podcast last month, in which he revealed that he asked Sera Gamble, the hit Netflix series' showrunner, if it would be possible for his character to "do no more intimacy scenes."«I asked Sera Gamble, creator of the show, 'Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?' This is actually a decision I had made before I took the show... I don't think I've ever mentioned it publicly, but it’s… one of the main things is, like, 'Do I want to put myself back on a career path where I'm just always the romantic lead?'» he said on his podcast.In that same podcast, Badgley added, «Fidelity in every relationship -- and especially in my marriage -- is important to me.»Some fans misconstrued those comments as saying even an actor taking part in simulated sex scenes could be considered a form of cheating. Badgley now says that the reaction to his comments were «blown out of proportion» and that he is «all too aware of how the internet takes things out of context.»«What I was speaking about wasn't actually the final product,» he tells .
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Penn Badgley ignited a fiery social media debate in February when he revealed that he now refuses to act in sex scenes. “That aspect of Hollywood has always been very disturbing to me — and that aspect of the job, that mercurial boundary — has always been something that I actually don’t want to play with at all,” he told Variety just as the fourth season of his Netflix serial killer show “You” was launching. “It’s important to me in my real life to not have them,” Badgley added about swearing off sex scenes. “My fidelity in my relationship. It’s important to me. And actually, [sex scenes] was one of the reasons that I initially wanted to turn the role down [in ‘You’]. I didn’t tell anybody that. But that is why.”
Kate Aurthur editor SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 4 of “You,” now streaming on Netflix. “You” can go home again: At the conclusion of Season 4 of the Netflix thriller, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is back in New York City, alongside his billionaire girlfriend Kate (Charlotte Ritchie) — sitting on top of the world. He nearly died by suicide earlier in the episode, in some warped attempt at redemption. But by the finale’s ending, Joe, who’s has killed his way through London (in his fake identity of Professor Jonathan Moore), has emerged exultant. He’s fused with his murderous side, and seemingly happier than he’s ever been on “You.”
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Penn Badgley is sharing his thoughts about how many seasons his hit Netflix series, You, should have.