If the fourth season of the Netflix series Youwas unveiled in February 2023, actor Penn Badgley, who plays the main character, Joe Goldberg, a serial killer, says that he has never been comfortable with the idea of playing this type of role for so long: "I accepted this role almost five years ago. It's been a long time to play someone so unreliable, who turns out to be a predator," says the American actor.
"It's hard to maintain the purity of acting when you're famous"
Penn Badgley became known to the general public, in the United States and internationally, by interpreting, in 2007, Dan Humphrey in the television series Gossip Girl. "Playing in such a series from 20 to 26 years old and becoming famous because of it, it's an incredible experience in every way," he recalls. What I've learned is that it's very difficult to maintain the purity of acting when you become famous. It's a real challenge. »
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Did you know that his first name was inspired by his parents' name by... A tennis ball? And that he is a "friend" of Cardi B., that he himself was a singer in a pop band and that he started by doing dubbing on television, radio, and in one of the most popular video games of all time? Discover other little-known facets of Penn Badgley here.
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