Well, fans of the Netflix TV series You , its time to discuss all the secrets about your favorite thriller! What secrets will we unveil that will blow your minds?
Hopefully all of them.
1. The show was originally pitched in 2015.
As a matter of fact, it was aired on Showtime for a short time.
This just goes to show how important social media and streaming services are in terms of promoting a show.
2. People tend to compare Joe and Dan Humphrey.
Considering the same actor plays them both , it’s no surprise they compare the two roles.
Penn Badgley has even commented on this, saying that Joe could be a future that Dan could fall into one day.
He said:
“[Joe] ends up being a meta-progression of Dan Humphrey that makes me wildly uncomfortable, but also, right at home.”
Do you think this is where Dan was headed? Into a serial stalker?
3. The series is based off of two novels.
The first one, called You , is what the first season is based on.
The next book, called Hidden Bodies , is what the second season is going to be based on.
Both are written by Caroline Kepnes.
4. Elizabeth Lail never read the book.
Until she got the callback for the role of Beck , that is.
So all throughout her audition, she had no idea what was going to happen to Beck… Pretty funny, I know.
5. Not a lot of lines
Joe would probably be the dream job for any actor.
Not only did he get to play a weird psycho, but most of his lines are voiceover so he didn’t have to memorize that many!
6. Penn’s first acting jobs
Penn Badgley actually started to act when he was 10, so he has a couple of years under his belt.
In fact, he used to do voiceover work for both a radio station and Nintendo 64 video games.
7. Why audiences love the love story:
It’s totally weird, for sure — a stalker and their stalkee getting together. But writer Sera Gamble has a couple of things to say about that subject .
She thinks people identify with the love story because…
“If you just present a ‘cute meet’ in a bookstore, you’re gonna want them to be together.”
Sera goes on to say, “If you see them together in the first scene, you’re gonna want them to be together, even if you see what Joe is doing.”
8. The creepiest scene for Shay Mitchell:
The scene where Peach spied on Beck in the bathtub spooks Shay every time she watches it.
Or, as she puts it: “Every single time I see that scene I just get chills. It’s the creepiest thing ever.”
9. The safety course
Everyone knows that subway tracks are dangerous. And the people who run them know that as well.
That’s why Elizabeth and Penn had to do an 8-hour safety course before they could act on the tracks.
10. Dr. Nicky’s techniques
The therapist Dr. Nicky has a couple of techniques, like writing cards and drawing , that seem pretty unorthodox. Kind of unreal.
Well, it’s real, folks. What he does is based on John Stamos’ real therapist, and the techniques that they used.
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11. Female directors
There is a whole lot of female empowerment going on behind the scenes over there at You .
For example, five out of 10 of the first season’s episodes were directed by women.
You go, girls!
12. Stephen King loves the books.
The master of literary horror himself has praised these novels.
He said about them:
“Totally original. Never read anything quite like it…Hypnotic and scary.”
Wow, scary! Now that is high praise from the king of scary!
13. There are, obviously, some differences between the books and the show.
For example, Paco doesn’t actually exist in any of the novels. His character was added in for the TV show.
There are other differences as well, but they’re too trivial to list.
14. Filming during the #MeToo Movement had a direct effect on the writing.
Both Elizabeth Lail and Penn Badgley said that it was an incredibly dark time in the news and that things only got progressively worse as filming went on.
Elizabeth stressed how important it was for both her and Penn to keep an open dialogue between themselves during this time.
15. The word “You” is said a whole heck of a lot.
The good people down under working for Netflix Australia/New Zealand went through the trouble of calculating how many times the word “you” is actually said.
They turned in a number of 3,857 times over the course of two seasons.
16. Penn Badgley worried that Joe would come across as too charming.
He goes on to say that he didn’t understand how so many polar opposites could be contained in one single character. Over time, he learned to trust his director and costars.
17. Victoria Pedretti found filming one scene particularly disturbing:
“I think the most unsettling thing is probably when we shot the sex scene where we were both meant to start having sex and come simultaneously in five seconds. I found that really disturbing. I was like, “How are we …? That’s not real.”
18. John Stamos was told to leave his comedy at the door.
As John explains it, he attempted to “strip himself clean of it.” He goes on to commend his costars for setting an impeccable tone that allowed him to settle into his character.
19. Penn Badgley was incredibly hesitant to take the role of Joe.
“I didn’t want to do it — it was too much. I was conflicted with the nature of the role. If this is a love story, what is it saying? It’s not an average show; it’s a social experiment.”
20. Victoria Pedretti loves to cook in real life, too!
“Yeah. I think my love of food certainly played into my ability to get enthusiastic about it. It doesn’t feel like a stretch at all. I don’t bake, though. Love gets really psyched about baking. I don’t do that. So that is acting.”