‘You’ Star Penn Badgley Says We’re More Like Serial Killer Joe Than We Think

“[We’re] taking the tropes of modern relationships that we see … and it’s basically just showing us a logical end,” Badgley tells TheWrap

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For two seasons on Netflix’s “You,” with at least one more still to come, Penn Badgley has lived inside the mind of a serial stalker and killer. Badgley’s inhabited the character of Joe Goldberg as he’s made targets out of women, lied and manipulated his way into their lives and brought death to anyone who stood in his way.

It’s an experience that Badgley describes as “isolating,” but in a way that might be dangerously familiar to anyone watching. “I’m continually surprised by how deep of a metaphor we’re working with this guy,” Badgley said in an interview with TheWrap.

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