classic. “I’d flown out to LA for the first time with my mother.
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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.
And he gives Lively some credit for that. “To be honest, I never struggled with substance,” the You actor said. “Blake didn’t drink, and I think our relationship in some ways saved me from forcing myself to go down that road.”Badgley isn't completely inexperienced when it comes to drugs.
In a 2020 "Actors on Actors" interview, his former Gossip Girl costar Chace Crawford asked if he'd researched LSD to prepare for a scene in You in which his character Joe takes the hallucinogenic drug. “In my early twenties, I did plenty of research,” he quipped.But instead of leaning into drug-use when dealing with a dark period, he told Variety he tried traveling, Buddhism, and, “a lot of physical techniques, from breathing to meditation.” Eventually, Penn Badgley said in the article, he found the Baha’i faith. “I thought to myself, ‘If I really want to participate in the betterment of the world, I think that I should become a Baha’i.'”Who knew the troublemaking teens on Gossip Girl were so responsible in real life?By Elizabeth LoganBy Abby GardnerBy Kathleen WalshBy Elizabeth LoganMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast.
classic. “I’d flown out to LA for the first time with my mother.
Amanda Seyfried revealed how had the potential to be much different. During an interview with, the actress, who played Karen in the 2004 high school comedy, said that Blake Lively almost had her role.While watching clips from the film, Seyfried reflected on the moment she went in to audition for the movie, which also stars Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert and Rachel McAdams. Prior to landing her role, she initially went out for Regina George — famously played by McAdams. «I had first auditioned for Regina,» she says. «I had flown out to LA for the first time with my mother, it was very exciting.
as the lovably dim Karen in Mean Girls, but Seyfried says the part was this close to going to Blake Lively. Can you imagine Serena van der Woodsen talking about her and dressing in Juicy Couture? Because I'm struggling. But it's true, according to Seyfried. “I’d flown out to L.A.
Drew Barrymore received an unforgettable birthday surprise, courtesy of “You” star Penn Badgley.
You.Maybe it’s the way Penn Badgley looks with or without a beard. Or maybe it’s the show’s funny, yet cutting satire on the people we suffer through every day.But damn, four seasons in, You (★★★★☆), Netflix’s series about a sociopath who obsesses over women, still hits that same perverse spot it did to make it one of the streamer’s best in recent years.Originally a Lifetime Original adapted from Caroline Kepnes’s book series, You was brought to the screen by producing giants Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, who installed former Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley as the lead.After one season aired on Lifetime, the show migrated to Netflix, where it blew up and has remained a permanent fixture since season two.Badgley stars as Joe Goldberg, a troubled sociopath with inclinations for becoming obsessed with random women, ingratiating himself into their lives, and then killing anyone who gets in his way.On paper, this seems like a strange recommendation in the #MeToo era, but You‘s greatest strength has become its humor, focusing on entertainment and sardonic musings on everyday life from a truly messed up man.Over the first three seasons, Joe traveled across the coasts, going from being a bookstore manager in New York to a young dad in suburban California.
Blake Lively has challenged her husband Ryan Reynolds in a tongue-in-cheek message which she posted to her Instagram story.The actress, who recently gave birth to the couple's fourth child, regularly takes to social media to joke around with her husband, and this Sunday evening it was no different. Find out all about the comedic couple's love story in the video below.WATCH: Everything we know about Blake and Ryan's wonderful love storyBlake's husband Ryan started the story thread, as he posted to his Instagram a photo celebrating his wife's drink mixer brand, Betty Buzz.
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.
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.
.During an appearance on on February 13, tried to play coy when host Kelly Evans asked about the sex of his newborn. "I ain't telling, this ain't a birth announcement," he said, adding that he and his wife never planned to officially share the news when posted her “Puppy Bowl 2023” Instagram on February 12. However, one photo from the carousel immediately sparked rumors that the pair had .Still, when Evans asked about how “the little one” is doing, Reynolds seemed to confirm the reports.
Ryan Reynolds is opening up about his new life as a dad to four!
Ryan Reynolds has revealed his family are “doing great” after his wife Blake Lively welcomed the couple’s fourth child. The Hollywood couple announced Lively had given birth on Super Bowl Sunday. In a very low key announcement, The Gossip Girl star posted a picture on Instagram in which the 35-year-old is seen with no sign of a baby bump as she stands between Deadpool star Reynolds, 46, and his mother, Tammy.
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.
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 discusses experiencing “Gossip Girl” fame and his three-year relationship with co-star Blake Lively in a new interview with Variety.
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.
Penn Badgley is opening up about his career.
Netflix is still releasing pretty much everything (outside of some reality shows) in their patented binge model. All of the episodes, all at once.
Dropping hints. Taylor Swift’s fans think that she hinted at Blake Lively’s baby name for her fourth child with Ryan Reynolds. Many theories popped up after some fans read into a very specific name being dropped in one of her songs off of Midnights.
the second half of season 4 on Wednesday, revealing the return of Joe's very dead wife, Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti), from the second and third seasons. The surprising resurrection(?) came in the final moments of the haunting two-minute trailer as Joe (Penn Badgley) approaches the glass cage -- only to be met face to face with Love, who up until that moment is seen casually reading a book.