Penn Badgley Says His Director for 'You' Found His Masturbation Scenes 'Creepy'

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Penn Badley is sharing some behind-the-scenes secrets from the set of You. During an interview on the Podcrushed podcast, the 35-year-old actor revealed that he often gets a surprising note from directors about his masturbation scenes on the show. Click inside to read more… “Every time I’ve done a masturbation scene… I’ve always gotten the note to make it less creepy,” he revealed. “They say like, ‘Close your eyes or go faster or go slower.’ I’m like, ‘What?

This man is f–king 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?’” He added, “I just remember I wouldn’t close my eyes and the director came up to me.

He was like ‘Buddy, I think you gotta close your eyes.’” Penn went on to say that given the show’s subject matter, he felt it made sense for the scenes to be a little creepy. “That’s just the strange line that we’re always walking on our show,” he explained. “Examining toxicity in sexual culture while also trying to be sexy.” “You read it.

It’s actually kind of funny or it’s creepy but it serves the story,” he said. “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 4 of You is currently in production in London and you can see all the photos of Penn on set here.