‘You’ season 5 is premiering now on Netflix
Penn Badgley is unpacking the layered closing phrases of Joe Goldberg.
Chatting with Leisure Weekly, the You star mentioned Joe’s final message to viewers — turning the script round on society — is each a cop out and a irritating reality.
Within the collection finale, Joe, now a convicted serial killer, delivers a chilling monologue: “Maybe the problem isn’t me. Maybe it’s you,” he says, breaking the fourth wall from his jail cell.
Badgley agrees there’s some reality to Joe’s declare.
“At the end of the day, he’s not real and we are,” he mentioned. “So it is about us. It couldn’t be about him.”
Nonetheless, Badgley acknowledged that Joe’s phrases additionally let him dodge accountability. “There is a version where that’s such an emotional and psychological and moral cop out from him because he’s still skirting responsibility,” he defined.
All through You, Joe’s character was designed to be dangerously charming — and Badgley doesn’t fault audiences for falling for him.
“People are meant to fall in love with him and see him as a romantic figure. That is actually the point,” he mentioned.
Now, after taking part in Joe for almost a decade, Badgley is beginning to replicate on the private influence. “It’s possible that these reflections have led me towards being a better man and husband and father,” he shared. “I don’t know, but it’s possible.”
You’s closing season is now streaming on Netflix.
