Penn Badgley hating Joe Goldberg for 4 minutes straight

Penn Badgley hating his character (Joe Goldberg) in Netflix's YOU for 4 minutes straight. Enjoy! :)

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[The]

I don't think he dislikes the role. I think he enjoys playing the characters. I think what he despises is how such a despicable character is considered as a hero by certain people. I think he gets fed up of viewers romanticism of an abusive, manipulative, stalking, serial killer.

[alasiiaa_]

if joe has a million haters penn is the leader

[meganobrien]

no one despises joe goldberg more than penn badgley

[bhargavipba]

I don't think he hates playing the character. But he definitely hates how many people (mostly women) idolize the character.

[VixenValori]

2:15 *"how far are we willing to go to forgive an evil white man"*
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[Fatalsunday]

“There’s a lesson in real-life stalking cases that young women can benefit from learning: persistence only proves persistence—it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn’t mean you are special—it means he is troubled.” - Gavin De Becker

Penn Badgley is spot on. You can only romanticise it if you've never lived it. It is not what you think it is.

[Kholmi.]

Penn Badgley is how Robert Pattison was with the Twilight Saga💀💀💀

[grannyperson]

I just realized how sexy his voice is lmao

[radhiadeedou]

The reactions to the show made him lose hope in humanity

[breadcrumbhoarder]

I saw my mom watching this show and I was like “oh cool, serial killer show” and she responded “well, he’s not a serial killer, he has reasons and wants to protect people” and I was just like
Fuck his intentions, he’s a serial killer lmao. Like there’s no ifs/ands, he’s planned and murdered many people, that is the literal definition of a serial killer.

[melware]

"He's a clown suit that doesn't come off" is the best line I've ever heard

[Syryu]

I love that Penn Badgley doesn't have any illusions about Joe. Many actors who play these type of characters always try to fully understand or justify their character (mostly as a means of motivation) to the point where they almost sympathize with them. Badgley is just like: "No, this guy's a psycho. There's no doubt about it."

It's similar to Christian Bale's approach in "American Psycho" he said that a lot of other actors who auditions kept trying to justify, sympathize, and understand Patrick Bateman. Christian Bale just said: "This guy is who he is. He's a psycho. He's an alien to us. There's no higher reason for what he does, he just does it."

[tierrajones]

The thing that irritates me about this character the most is how he is so self-aware, but he’s also delusional at the same time. And he’s also a hypocrite. He tries to justify murder by saying “I did it for you” and that irritates me. This character is fascinating. I remember in season 1 the girl Beck was like “you deserve better” and Joe says “I do deserve better.” Even though he is a murderer.

[alessandrajackson]

I can’t imagine how annoying it must be to play a villain to such a good degree, but a bunch of fan girls sexualize it and acting as if he is some sort of anti-hero!

[trianenopenottrian]

I love how level-headed he is. It's so annoying when people play horrible people and try to find an excuse. Some people are just evil.

[RipVanTwinkle]

I love how Penn has such a healthy relationship with Joe. LOL But, honestly, it's good that he hates him because if he didn't, I'd probably be really fucking worried.

[loomman]

I love how he hates Joe probably more than anyone who watches the show.

[jackieluna]

The way he despises Joe’s character (rightfully so, the man is a roach) yet he plays him SO WELL!! I can’t think of anyone else who could portray him as well as Penn can

[purplecat]

"To me is how far are we willing to go to forgive an evil white man" <3

[kerp]

I think it’s so important he continually reminds us that this is not a man we should be feeling remorse or love towards. Now a days it’s so easy for young people to sympathize and want to “bang” serial killers or abusive people bc it’s “hot” or whatever and I love how he shuts that shit down every time. Because he is incredible in this role and I think it’s because he knows we are NOT supposed to want to date someone like Joe.