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This article contains spoilers for theYouseries finale.
I was like, No, he’s gotta be.
The show’s creatives, however, didnt exactly see his vision.
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in ‘You’.Credit:Netflix
And I don’t remember exactly why.
Which I get, practically speaking.
“Unlike some actors, he just was like, ‘I just need to be awful.
Madeline Brewer as Bronte and Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg on ‘You’.Clifton Prescod/Netflix
Can we see him punch her?
Can I not have my shirt?
Can I just be as awful and animalistic as possible?’
Which aren’t always wrong, but in this case, Penn was very much right on.”
He still is Joe, but hopefully we are seeing new dimensions to him at his end."
“One of his last moments where he’s saying, You want to know how I killed Beck?
Because that is even a tool to perform a masculinity that is seductive and powerful.
But there, I think, even the voice was just stripped of its charms for a moment.
It was just physically taxing, which is also a satisfying experience as an actor.
Penn Badgley and Madeline Brewer on ‘You’.Clifton Prescod/Netflix
The final season ofYouis streaming now on Netflix.
Additional reporting by Samantha Highfill.
