Penn Badgley

“I asked Sera Gamble, can I just do no more intimacy scenes,” he told his co-host Nava Kaveli. “This is actually a decision I made before I took the show. I don ...

Penn Badgley has asked You creator Sera Gamble to cut future intimate scenes involving his character, Joe Goldberg.

Badgley revealed the reason behind his wish to abstain from sex scenes in the fourth season of You was also the value he’s placed on fidelity in his own real-life relationship with his wife Domino Kirke-Badgley. The creator of the show, Gamble, was more than happy to accommodate Badgley’s needs. One of the main things was, do I want to put myself back on a career path where I’m always playing the romantic lead?” This is true of many of Badgley’s best-known roles, including his character Daniel Humphrey in “I asked Sera Gamble can I just do no more intimacy scenes,” Badgley said in his latest podcast episode on Friday, revealing that he had been thinking about the level of intimacy involved in the show long before he even signed his contract. Speaking on his [podcast, Podcrushed,](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcrushed/id1622070205) which he co-hosts with Nava Kavelin, Badgley revealed he asked Gamble to limit the number of intimate scenes involving his character as part of his desire to not always play ‘the romantic lead.’ [You](https://collider.com/tag/you/) creator Sera Gamble to cut future intimate scenes involving his character, Joe Goldberg.