Season 4 of the Netflix hit mystery, You is now on the platform, and the web has been discussing the ones twists and, after all, murders. Leading up to the finale, enthusiasts are put on the edge in their seats, questioning what will happen to Penn Badgley's controversial character, Joe Goldberg.
But the Gossip Girl alum has in fact been spilling main points about Joe's fate since season 1. Here's what the actor has stated about the serial killer.
Penn Badgley Said 'Joe Is Not Actually Looking For True Love'
After the free up of season 2 in 2019, Badgley told Entertainment Weekly that "Joe is not actually looking for true love." He added: "He's not actually a person who just needs somebody who loves him. He's a murderer. He's a sociopath. He's abusive. He's delusional. And he's self-obsessed."
However, he gets why viewers are rooting for his character who's "so impossibly sympathetic and even honest and brave" sometimes. The John Tucker Must Die megastar also admitted to Instyle in 2020 that the former bookstall manager is "actually in some ways made to be the perfect guy that does this really — to even say it's terrible is kind of an understatement — thing."
That similar yr, he weighed in on enthusiasts lusting on Joe and in need of to be "kidnapped" through him. "I struggled greatly with the conflict of playing such a guy and him being partly so likable and having such a, as we say, thirsty response to him," he mentioned all the way through an look on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
He also told Vice that folks's reception of his insane character made "every one of my greatest fears and hopes for people's engagement [with the show] came to be fulfilled. There were the reactions of overlooking all of Joe's faults, which is the whole point of the show, and just being really into him. ... It was both gratifying and troubling."
Penn Badgley Has Been Hinting At Joe's Season 4 Fate Since Season 1
**Spoiler Alert**
After killing his wife Love Quinn — played by Victoria Pedretti — in season 3, Joe abandons his child as well and travels all the way to Paris in season 4 to seek out his extramarital love hobby, Marienne Bellamy (Tati Gabrielle). In section 1 of the newest season, the stalker begins a brand new life in London as Professor Jonathan Moore.
But soon, he gets caught up in a chain of "Eat the Rich" murders in the circle of his new goal, Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie). At the end of section 2, Jonathan and Kate turn into a wealthy, energy couple who're on a challenge to modify the global.
(*4*)Ahead of the unofficial season 5, Badgley stated that Jonathan's clean slate would possibly not ever trade Joe.
"I don't think anything truly profound has changed Joe. I think that part of what the show is doing is showing that he’s never really looking at himself. No matter what happens, actually, he seems to be incapable. It is hard for anybody," he informed The Hollywood Reporter in February 2023. "And then once you've done some really terrible things, it's even harder."
"He seems to be positioning himself to make a different change, but everybody is, of course, always wondering when the other shoe is gonna drop. Like, it's Joe," he explained further.
"The [way the] whole thing really works, to put him in London and depict him trying to turn over a new leaf, is because we know he’s not really capable of that. So, we're just waiting with bated breath to see exactly when and how."
In previous interviews right through the past seasons, the former "fake newscaster" had all the time warned fanatics that Joe would never get a joyful redemption arc. "He's among the worst," he informed Buzzfeed in January 2020. "I think there needs to be a real sense of justice, not for Joe, but for us in this world that has been created. That probably means Joe will be unhappy because he's constitutionally unhappy."
What Penn Badgley Feels About Playing Joe Goldberg & Jonathan Moore
Like Joe's lovers, Badgley is also excited about his character's advanced character. "Joe is a perfect device because you can delve into something, but you always have the safety cord or the safety net of, 'Yeah, but he's a hypocrite.' We are all exploring something earnestly, I think," the actor mentioned of the bookstore owner during an interview with Salon in February 2023.
"But of course nobody has a perfect perspective, so if there's any place where it's really got some blind spots, well, that's Joe, frankly. That's OK. So, in a way, I really like that."
The Stepfather megastar also said Joe's being an "unreliable narrator," which makes him think his persona will have to eventually die. "It's like we can dig in and not worry about having a perfectly protected stance, because at the end of the day, Joe is an unreliable narrator and a despicable human being," he stated.
"So, just because he's thinking it and saying it, doesn't mean that we think it's right," he persisted. "But he is getting at something, and of course people can identify with that. So to me, Joe is like, he's a many-sided die. He's got too many sides, and he needs to die." Well, expectantly, we get to look how that is going in season 5.
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