You star Penn Badgley confesses directors slammed his ‘creepy’ masturbation technique-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Penn Badgley plays serial killer Joe Goldberg in the hit Netflix series (Picture: Netflix/Kobal/REX)

Netflix’s You star Penn Badgley has revealed the show’s directors actually gave him advice on his masturbation technique for his role.

Penn plays creepy stalker and serial killer Joe Goldberg across the three seasons, and is in the works for the fourth.

Along the way, he’s stalked women, been stalked, and even became a father in the most recent season, all with a creepy voiceover revealing his inner, stalker-style thoughts and tendencies.

In many episodes, Penn partakes in graphic seasons of masturbation, which, he has now revealed, were criticised by the directors.

Speaking on the Stitcher’s Podcrushed podcast, as reported by The Daily Star, Penn admitted: ‘I’ve always gotten the note to make it less creepy.

‘They say like, “Close your eyes or go faster or go slower.”

“How is it I’m the one making it creepy?!” (Picture: Netflix/Kobal/REX)

‘I’m like, “What? This man is f***ing 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?!’”

Penn also revealed how ‘strange’ it was to film the scenes, especially after being criticised repeatedly for ‘keeping his eyes open’ while pretender to masturbate.

Penn revealed he was actually given advice over his technique (Picture: Netflix)

He added: ‘It’s a strange—you don’t think it’s going to be that big of a deal.

‘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, you’re simulating masturbation.’

Season three of You shows stalker Joe grappling with being a first-time parent and trying to settle into his new life.

But, of course, things don’t stay rosy for long, as drama and murder are never far behind where Joe and Love are concerned.

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As the show is ready to return for its fourth series, co-creator Sera Gamble promised Variety that the next run will ‘explore new, dark facets of love,’ but we struggle to see how things could possibly get any darker.

You is available to watch on Netflix.

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