Netflix's You: Why Penn Badgley accepts Joe Goldberg

Netflix's astir notorious fictional slayer Joe Goldberg is backmost - but, this time, with a twist.

For play 4 of the thriller, he's moved to London, taken up a occupation arsenic a lit prof and infiltrated a radical of incredibly affluent friends.

London mightiness beryllium caller to Joe - but it isn't caller to Penn Badgley, the histrion celebrated for Joe's creepy voiceovers.

"I wasn't capable to beryllium with my household arsenic overmuch arsenic I would person liked to," helium tells BBC Newsbeat astir filming past year.

"Apart from that, it was a large time, I retrieve it truthful fondly. I bash genuinely emotion thing of the civilization there.

"My woman is British, she was calved and raised determination until she was a teen truthful I conscionable truly genuinely did bask it."

So Penn enjoyed being successful the UK, but what astir his celebrated character?

"I deliberation successful immoderate ways helium settled successful rather nicely, isolated from the information that he's Joe Goldberg and helium can't settee successful anyplace nicely," helium says.

"[London is] the root of the fantasies successful Joe's caput astir however radical should be, the lit that helium loves.

"He's truly trying to marque a spell of it and I deliberation astatine the opening you spot him connected 1 level doing a bully capable job.

"Of people by the extremity of the archetypal episode, you observe that's not the case."

This bid besides sees the instauration of British actors similar caller emotion involvement Charlotte Ritchie and Tilly Keeper, who was antecedently successful EastEnders, arsenic a celebrated It girl.

Tati Gabrielle besides returns arsenic Marienne, different of Joe's emotion interests - yes, he's had a few.

"When I recovered retired helium was coming to London, I was truly rather thrilled," Tilly says.

"I deliberation it truly plays into this bully benignant of acheronian academia vibe we've got going connected this season."

Joe has ever been a arguable character.

And determination person been concerns that the amusement glamorises stalking and antheral unit against women.

Penn has spoken - astatine magnitude - astir however overmuch helium hates Joe, there's adjacent YouTube compilations dedicated to clips of him criticising the quality successful interviews.

Speaking to Newsbeat, Penn clarifies that helium doesn't "despise" Joe - but does accidental that helium finds it draining playing the character.

"It takes a batch of emotional, spiritual and carnal vigor to play him for truthful long," helium says.

"Because he's specified an unreliable narrator and truthful inconsistently manic. He's predictably unpredictable.

"But I deliberation much than ever, I astir apt judge him and I deliberation I deliberation despising him would instrumentality up adjacent much energy, which I don't privation to springiness him."

Penn mightiness beryllium bushed of Joe's antics, but there's nary motion that this volition beryllium the past series.

"That's a question for the writers. I deliberation the question is, is determination different season?

"And I deliberation for those who haven't seen it yet, I don't privation to spoil whether oregon not that's possible."

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