‘You’ Actor Penn Badgley Requested Fewer Sex Scenes In Season 4 Out Of Respect For His Marriage

Actor Penn Badgley Recently, he requested that there be fewer sex scenes on his Netflix show’s newest season. “You” His wife deserves it out of respect.

The 36-year-old Actor The revelation was made during an appearance on the podcast “Podcrushed.”

“I don’t think I have ever mentioned it publicly, but one of the main things was: Do I want to put myself back on a career path where I’m always the romantic lead?” Badgley started. He stated that part of this was because he married Domino Kirke-Badgley back in 2017.

“Fidelity in every relationship, including my marriage, is important to me,” Badgley continued. “It’s got to the point where I don’t want to do that.”

The “Gossip Girl” alum went on to say that he asked the show’s creator, Sera Gamble, if he could cut out the intimate scenes completely. Gamble was informed by him. “desire would be zero, to go from 100 to zero” during “You” Season 4. 

“I signed this contract. I signed up for this show. I know what I did. You can’t take this aspect out of the DNA of the concept,” Badgley explained. “‘So how much less can you make it?’ was my question to them.”

The actor stated that he was surprised by the creation. “didn’t even bat an eye” When he asked for such a drastic departure from previous seasons, which contained graphic sexual content.

“She was really glad that I was that honest. She was sort of almost, I want to say empowered, she had a really positive response,” He continued. “They came back with a phenomenal reduction.”

Badgley and his wife have a 2-year-old boy, James. The couple is also raising a 14-year-old son from Kirke-Badgley’s previous relationship.

The psychological thriller “You” The Netflix original in 2018 and starred Badgley as Joe Goldberg (a bookstore manager) who falls for Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer (Elizabeth Lail). Joe is increasingly creepy to Guinevere and does strange things like stalking and even killing to stay close to her. The series is Rating 90% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and has a 74% reader score.

Badgley called his wife previously “a truly radiant soul” In an Instagram Post, writing, “You encourage others to be honest, and brave, and gentle, and expansive. Your great capacity for empathy is obvious, something anyone can get warm by like a glowing stove.”

He said: “You make others happy by you. For me, it is a joy to witness you when you are happy. For you, I always hope to be a source of joy. I’m really glad we’re married.”

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