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Penn Badgley shared last month that he had requested fewer “intimacy scenes” for season 4 of his popular Netflix series You.

Joe Goldberg himself (aka Penn Badgley) is giving us a glimpse of what’s to come in the upcoming fifth and final season of Netflix thriller series You, from Warner Bros. Television and studio-based Berlanti Prods.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Bestselling author and screenwriter Caroline Kepnes has signed with CAA, Variety can report exclusively. Kepnes is the writer-creator behind the four-book “You” series, following the exploits of magnetic serial killer Joe Goldberg. Her novels are the source material for the Netflix scripted juggernaut “You,” adapted by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. The series reinvigorated the career of Penn Badgley in the lead role of Goldberg, and has proven a massive performer on the streaming platform. A fifth and final season of the series was just greenlit. Kepnes, a native of Cape Cod, will next release “For You and Only You” on April 25 from Random House. It joins previous titles “You Love Me,” “Hidden Bodies,” and the flagship “You.” She is also the author of the novel “Providence,” a supernatural love story. Her works have been translated into numerous languages and continue to build a rapt audience around the world.

Netflix has announced You will be renewed for a fifth season, however, it will spell the end of Joe Goldberg’s story.Announcing the news on Friday (March 24), the streaming giant confirmed that the smash-hit thriller would grant Joe Goldberg one final outing to finish his story. This is something that was in line with how the show’s creative team “always conceived it [the show] as a five-season journey”.Recapping the end of season four, a press releases teases a new and dangerous adventure for Joe, stating: “There across the pond, the genre-hopping drama threw him into a one-percent skewering whodunit that forced him to finally accept he’s not a good man — an undeniable truth he avoided for far too long.“At the season’s conclusion, Joe returned to New York City with his wealthy partner Kate (Charlotte Ritchie) and a dangerous new lease on life — a life he’s finally admitted is fundamentally immoral, something that Badgley is excited about exploring.”“I think it sets us up to actually have a really great finale season,” Badgley is quoted as saying.

Kate Aurthur editor Hello again, “You”! On Friday, Netflix announced that “You” — its hit thriller starring Penn Badgley as the prolific serial killer Joe Goldberg — has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Season 5 will have a change of showrunners, with executive producers Michael Foley and Justin W. Lo taking over for Sera Gamble, who originally developed “You” with Greg Berlanti, and ran the show for its first four seasons. “As I step back from day-to-day showrunning to focus on new projects, I’m immensely grateful to co-creator and all-around genius Greg Berlanti, Caroline Kepnes, my friends at Berlanti Productions and Alloy Entertainment, and our steadfast partners at Warner Bros and Netflix,” Gamble said in a statement. “Making the show alongside our writers, producers, directors, cast and crew has been an honor and ridiculously fun. And I feel lucky to have worked with an artist as gifted and thoughtful as Penn Badgely. I’m proud of what we’ve all accomplished and feel privileged to pass the torch. I’m excited to watch and support the ‘You’ team as they bring Joe Goldberg’s journey to its delightfully twisted conclusion.”

Joe Goldberg’s story is coming to an end. Netflix has renewed You for a fifth season, which will be the the last chapter for the popular thriller from Warner Bros. Television and studio-based Berlanti Prods. Penn Badgley will be back, reprising his role as serial killer Joe (who could finally face justice), but there will be a behind-the-scenes change on the series, developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble based on the Alloy books by Caroline Kepnes.

Penn Badgley says his comments about requesting for his character, Joe Goldberg, to have less sex scenes were «blown out of proportion.»Speaking with, the former  star said he was taken aback by the reaction to comments he made on his podcast last month, in which he revealed that he asked Sera Gamble, the hit Netflix series' showrunner, if it would be possible for his character to "do no more intimacy scenes."«I asked Sera Gamble, creator of the show, 'Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?' This is actually a decision I had made before I took the show... I don't think I've ever mentioned it publicly, but it’s… one of the main things is, like, 'Do I want to put myself back on a career path where I'm just always the romantic lead?'» he said on his podcast.In that same podcast, Badgley added, «Fidelity in every relationship -- and especially in my marriage -- is important to me.»Some fans misconstrued those comments as saying even an actor taking part in simulated sex scenes could be considered a form of cheating. Badgley now says that the reaction to his comments were «blown out of proportion» and that he is «all too aware of how the internet takes things out of context.»«What I was speaking about wasn't actually the final product,» he tells .

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Penn Badgley ignited a fiery social media debate in February when he revealed that he now refuses to act in sex scenes. “That aspect of Hollywood has always been very disturbing to me — and that aspect of the job, that mercurial boundary — has always been something that I actually don’t want to play with at all,” he told Variety just as the fourth season of his Netflix serial killer show “You” was launching. “It’s important to me in my real life to not have them,” Badgley added about swearing off sex scenes. “My fidelity in my relationship. It’s important to me. And actually, [sex scenes] was one of the reasons that I initially wanted to turn the role down [in ‘You’]. I didn’t tell anybody that. But that is why.”

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You’s fourth season arrive this month.Created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, the psychological thriller series moved to London for its fourth season where Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is masquerading as a university professor.This is the first time Netflix has split a season of You into two parts, with the first five episodes having arrived on the streaming platform on February 9.The remaining five episodes will be released on Netflix on Thursday March 9 at 12am PT in the US. For those in the UK, episodes will be available from 8am GMT. Netflix released a trailer shortly after the first part premiered on the platform – check it out above.The footage confirms Victoria Pedretti, who played Love Quinn in seasons two and three, will reprise her role in the coming episodes.

Wednesday would mean she couldn’t appear in the latest season of You.The actor was believed to be returning to You for season four, however, her lead role in fellow Netflix show Wednesday meant she was effectively barred from getting on set. Filming the show during the pandemic meant that it wasn’t easy for Ortega to leave Romania, where the Addams family spin-off was being shot.“I was devastated,” she said of the situation in a red-carpet chat with Entertainment Tonight.

You.Maybe it’s the way Penn Badgley looks with or without a beard. Or maybe it’s the show’s funny, yet cutting satire on the people we suffer through every day.But damn, four seasons in, You (★★★★☆), Netflix’s series about a sociopath who obsesses over women, still hits that same perverse spot it did to make it one of the streamer’s best in recent years.Originally a Lifetime Original adapted from Caroline Kepnes’s book series, You was brought to the screen by producing giants Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, who installed former Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley as the lead.After one season aired on Lifetime, the show migrated to Netflix, where it blew up and has remained a permanent fixture since season two.Badgley stars as Joe Goldberg, a troubled sociopath with inclinations for becoming obsessed with random women, ingratiating himself into their lives, and then killing anyone who gets in his way.On paper, this seems like a strange recommendation in the #MeToo era, but You‘s greatest strength has become its humor, focusing on entertainment and sardonic musings on everyday life from a truly messed up man.Over the first three seasons, Joe traveled across the coasts, going from being a bookstore manager in New York to a young dad in suburban California.

Breaking Bad, describing the part as “the one that got away”.The You star was asked in a new interview with Buzzfeed to name a role fans would be surprised that he auditioned for but didn’t get.“One I got close on was Breaking Bad,” Badgley said. “It was between me and Aaron Paul, we tested.” Paul ended up getting the role of crystal meth cook and dealer Jesse Pinkman in the hit series, which aired for five seasons between 2008 to 2013.Actually, that was the best television script I’d read at that point,” added Badgley.

You star Penn Badgley has said his character would “probably despise” Taylor Swift.When asked about his first effort at a TikTok video in conversation with Variety, Badgley discussed having set the song to Taylor Swift’s recent single ‘Anti-Hero’.Badgley lip-syncs to the song on TikTok, with the clip having gone viral and Swift commenting “OMG!!!!” on the social media platform.However, the actor said that his character Joe Goldberg “probably despises” Taylor Swift, despite one episode of You containing a reference to the pop icon.“I think, unfortunately, he would despise her,” Badgley said. “Because she’s successful and blonde, maybe? I don’t know, but I think he would.”In a four-star review of You season four part one, NME wrote: “Yes, it’s all very silly, but it’s also surprisingly gripping and consistently witty.”Penn Badgley recently revealed he requested to have no unnecessary sex scenes in the recent season of You, due to his marriage to singer Domino Kirke.Speaking on the podcast Podcrushed, Badgley said: “I asked Sera Gamble, the creator of the show, ‘Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?’“This was actually a decision I had made before I took the show.

Creating boundaries. Penn Badgley, Neal McDonough and more stars have candidly discussed their decisions not to film sex scenes in future projects.

Penn Badgley is prioritizing fidelity over Hollywood sex scenes.

Penn Badgley is once again criticizing the heavy use of sex scenes in his hit show, "You." This time, he takes his comments a step further, saying those kinds of scenes are "disturbing" to film. "It’s not a place where I’ve blurred lines," he said in a new interview with Variety.

Kate Aurthur editor Penn Badgley has been in the headlines recently, and not only because Part 1 of the fourth season of “You” dropped on Feb. 9: On his podcast “Podcrushed” last week, Badgley talked about his strong dislike of filming intimate scenes — and the internet exploded with thoughts about his remarks. He also said that he’d shared his feelings with Sera Gamble, the “You” showrunner, ahead of the season. In turn, he said, Gamble had a “really positive response and they came back with a phenomenal reduction” for Season 4. In two wide-ranging interviews for this week’s Variety cover story, which will be released on Feb. 15, Badgley spoke expansively on the subject. In our story, Badgley details how the number of sex scenes he knew he’d have to do for “You” had been a major factor in 2017 in him not wanting to play the role of serial killer/love addict Joe Goldberg. The whole series, after all, revolves around Joe’s romantic fixations, and how he gets the women he’s fallen for to submit to his charms. By design, “You” has a ton of sex.

Putting his marriage first. Penn Badgley will no longer film any intimacy scenes for Netflix’s You.

Here’s something for You fans to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. The split fourth season of Netflix’s serial killer thriller is premiering one day earlier than expected. Netflix announced today that the first half of the season now will debut on Thursday, February 9 and Part 2 will premiere one month later, on Thursday, March 9.

Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg has played a bookstore manager in New York, a shop clerk in LA and a doting husband in the suburbs in Netflix’s You.