Penn Badgley in You.Photo: netflix
Youfans are in for an up-close-and-personal tour of anti-heroJoe Goldberg’s mind.
“I’m so excited to invite you back into Joe’s head and I hope you love it in there!” she wrote, noting that the novel will be available on April 25, 2023.
Joe’s obsessive, homicidal thoughts have been chronicled on screens since 2018, withPenn Badgleyvoicing the interior monologue of the identity-shifting, serial-killing stalker when the show first premiered on Lifetime then moved to Netflix in December 2019.
The first part of season 4 returns to the streamer on Feb. 10, following Joe to London after he murdered his equally twisted wifeLove Quinn(Victoria Pedretti) and fled the country to pursue his latest fixation Marienne (Tati Gabrielle).
While there are still plenty of nooks and crannies in Joe’s warped mind to explore,Badgley’s take on his characteris pretty simple: Joe needs compassion.
He continued, “I really, at this point, and I think I’ve been clear about how much I detest all of his deeds, so, in that context, I would actually try to love him. Because, the truth is, he’s never gotten that. So I would ask Joe… I, honestly, feel like I would look at him for a long time.”
Penn Badgley.Slaven Vlasic/Getty
Badgley explained, “Because of my relationship to him,Iwould try to love him. I’m not saying he deserves that. I’m not saying anybody else should do that. I’m sayingIwould try to love him. He needs that. He needs love.”
He added, “It’s like, I would hug him … I would hold him.”
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source: people.com
