Penn Badgley Requested 'Zero' Intimacy Scenes for YOU Season 4: 'I Don't Want to Do That'
You Star Penn Badgley Requested 'Zero' Intimacy Scenes for Joe in Season 4: 'I Don't Want to Do That' https://t.co/XBa0WSyLGv
- People (@people) February 10, 2023
The actor shared on the latest episode of his Podcrushed podcast that he asked You's showrunner to limit his sex scenes in the current season of the Netflix thriller. "I asked Sera Gamble, [the] creator, 'Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?' This was actually a decision I had made before I took the show. I don't think I've ever mentioned it publicly, but one of the main things is, Do I want to put myself back on a career path where I'm always [the] romantic lead?"
Badgley, who married Domino Kirke in February 2017, added: "Fidelity in every relationship - especially in a marriage - is important to me. It got to a point where [I thought], 'I don't want to do that,' so I said to Sera, like, 'My desire would be zero [intimate scenes], to go from 100 to zero.'"
Badgley realized his request might not be possible and that "I signed this contract. I signed up for the show. I know what I did. You can't take this aspect out of the DNA of the concept, so 'How much less can you make it?' was my question to them."
To Badgley's relief, Gamble "didn't even bat an eye. She was really glad that I was that honest, and she was sort of almost empowered. She had a really positive response and they came back with a phenomenal reduction."
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