You’s Penn Badgley Details ‘Harder’ Process of Filming Masturbation Scenes: ‘Make It Less Creepy’

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The perils of being Joe Goldberg. Penn Badgley has filmed a lot of crazy scenes for You, but it’s not the murder that’s hardest to shoot — it’s the masturbation.“I’ve now done it so many times on camera.

It’s a strange — you don’t think it’s going to be that big of a deal,” the Gossip Girl alum, 35, said during the Wednesday, July 13, episode of Stitcher’s “Podcrushed” podcast. “And then you discover in front of a crew of people with a camera on your face, knowing that in all likelihood, millions of people are going to see this.”The Easy A actor has filmed plenty of sex scenes over the years, both for the Netflix series and other projects, but he admitted that the solo moments can actually be more difficult. “I have to say, sometimes those scenes are harder than with a person because it’s just like, ‘Alright, this is what I’m doing,'” he explained.It also doesn’t help that You directors keep giving him the same — and somewhat impossible to follow — advice.“I’ve always gotten the note to make it less creepy,” he joked. “They say like, ‘Close your eyes or go faster or go slower.’ I’m like, ‘What?

This man is f–king murdering people, and he’s masturbating in the street. You’re saying I’m making it creepy? How is it I’m the one making it creepy?'”At one point, director Lee Toland Krieger specifically told Badgley that a scene might be less off-putting if he closed his eyes, but the actor protested. “I’m like, ‘That’s the f–king … that’s the point!'” he recalled.The Margin Call star has been open about how uncomfortable he feels while playing Joe, who is beloved by many fans despite being a prolific murderer. “Every one of my greatest fears and hopes for people’s engagement [with the show] came to be fulfilled,” he told Vice