WATCH: You actor requested less intimate scenes out of respect for marriage
Julia Johnson
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Actor Penn Badgley, of the hit Netflix series You, revealed that he requested a large reduction in the number of intimate scenes for his character out of respect for his marriage.
Badgely shared on his podcast Podcrushed that he approached the show’s creator and asked, “Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?”
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“I don’t think I have ever mentioned it publicly, but one of the main things was: Do I want to put myself back on a career path where I’m always the romantic lead?” he said of grappling with taking on certain roles.
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“Fidelity in every relationship, including my marriage, is important to me,” the Gossip Girl and John Tucker Must Die alumnus said. “It’s got to the point where I don’t want to do that.”
Badgely is married to Domino Kirke-Badgley, with whom he shares a child. The two married in 2017 but have been together since 2014.
The actor explained that he told creator Sera Gamble that “my desire would be zero [intimate scenes] — to go from 100 to zero.”
However, he acknowledged that he knew what the show would require when he signed up and that some of its intimate nature is integral to its foundation.
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He revealed that Gamble had a very “positive response” to his request, adding, “They came back with a phenomenal reduction.”
The first half of You’s fourth season debuted on Netflix on Feb. 9. The second half will debut a month later on March 9.