Penn Badgley Asked to Not Do Sex Scenes in ‘You’ Season 4

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Hollywood is no stranger to sex. Fans practically beg for steamy encounters between their favorite romantic interests and it seems as if someone is always discarding a garment or two on every popular show.

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The hit Netflix thriller YOU is no exception, but in a recent podcast, the lead actor, Penn Badgley divulged that he requested that his storylines lean away from sex scenes.

Shifting Gears

“This is actually a decision I had made before I took the show,” Badgley states in an episode of his podcast, Podcrushed. He goes on to reveal that the decision came with a desire to be seen as something other than the romantic lead.

An obsessive serial killer is hardly a love interest, but there are plenty of moments throughout the seasons of the show that can clearly be characterized as romantic. Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) doles out a series of calculated grand gestures with the intent of winning the hearts of his “love” interests. Sprinkle in a bit of his habitual stalking and Joe is every woman’s dream…or nightmare.

Key Priorities

The actor also expressed the importance of fidelity in his life, wanting, more than anything, to honor a singular intimate connection with his wife, Domino Kirke. He explains that sex scenes are no longer how he sees himself as a performer.

When Badgley approached Sera Gamble, the creator of the show with the idea of scaling back on the steamy scenes, she was open to the change. You can see this shift reflected in the significant reduction of sexual intimacy in the most recent seasons.

YOU continues to be an incredible success with the first half of the fourth season currently streaming on Netflix. Viewers are grabbing their popcorn and locking their doors as the infamous serial killer returns to their screens.

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