YOU: Penn Badgley on the ‘Social Experiment’ of Potential Fan Reactions

YOU’s Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is being called the “ultimate romantic,” but his portrayer isn’t as sympathetic to Joe’s obsessive ways as some viewers may be.

“Somehow, I seem to be more troubled by it,” Badgley said during the show’s Television Critics Association panel. “I don’t want to speak for anyone else, but I know that throughout I felt as though maybe I was the most troubled, which is why [executive producers] Greg [Berlanti] and Sera [Gamble] insisted that I was the right guy for the role.”

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YOU: Lifetime Renews Penn Badgley-Led Drama

YOU has been renewed for a second season—more than a month before its September 9th series debut. (It’s a big week for the series, which also landed a PaleyFest Fall TV Preview panel.)

The new Lifetime drama follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), the “ultimate romantic, a man willing to cross any line in pursuit of true love.” Spoiler alert: he isn’t exactly Prince Charming, as the photo on the left can attest to.

The first season of YOU is based on the Caroline Kepnes novel by the same name; the upcoming second season, which will be set/filmed in Los Angeles, is based on the follow-up book, “Hidden Bodies.”

YOU season 1 stars Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Shay Mitchell, Zach Cherry, and Luca Padovan, with John Stamos in a recurring role. The book series was adapted for television by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti.

Are you excited for YOU season 2?

YOU, Series Premiere, Sunday, September 9, 10/9c, Lifetime

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