“I was having weird flashbacks to [being in the water] the other day.
I got panicky.”
Warning: This post contains spoilers fromYouseason 4, part 2.
Ed Speleers as Rhys, Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg.Courtesy of Netflix
However, the truth was revealed at the end of season 4 episode 7.
“And you realize this whole thing is almost this romanticized version of him.
That was really fun and I think that planted the seed.
Victoria Pedretti in ‘You’.courtesy netflix
“The show is calledYouright?
It’s me,” Badgley says.
“That age old line.
It’s really what this show has been on an arc toward so it’s so perfect.
“It was very intuitive.
It was very natural,” he says of directing.
Trying to edit an episode while shooting another episode.
It was pretty bananas.
I especially enjoyed being able to direct the other actors.
It was very special.”
However, that doesn’t turn out to be the case.
“I remember the first rehearsal we had and I thought ‘This is great!’
It was just nice.
For him to be such a talented actor and so experienced was great,” says Badgley.
That discovery then leads Joe to the top of a bridge ready to jump to his death.
And then he does.
Badgley explains that shooting that sequence was unlike anything he has ever done.
“I’l tell you what.
I was having weird flashbacks to [being in the water] the other day.
I got panicky,” he says.
“That was very intense!
You’re not a trained diver.
Then you’re underwater [by yourself essentially] where the stakes are so high.
It’s really crazy actually.
I found it really hard to act because you lose your air so quickly.
I think some people would have a full-on panic attack.
That was crazy!'
“There was even one part where I started choking,” Badgley continues.
“I was forcing myself to not choke cause if I choke, I might drown.
It’s a scene!
I’m not saving anyone.
In the end, the underwater acting paid off.
So where does this leave Joe now?
It would be fun.”
Youseason 4 is streaming now on Netflix.
