Penn Badgley tries to convince his 'You' character Joe Goldberg to stop killing people in viral TikTok
- Penn Badgley posted a viral TikTok lecturing his murderous "You" character Joe Goldberg.
- As of Sunday, the video has been viewed over 8.7 million times with over 1.5 million likes.
"You" actor Penn Badgley has gone viral with a new TikTok where he lectures his character Joe Goldberg. In the video, posted Friday, Badgley sits across from Goldberg and attempts to knock some sense into the serial killer.
"Ok, this should be a pretty simple subject," Badgley says to Goldberg. "So, repeat after me: Don't kill people."
"Put 'em in a cage," Goldberg replies.
Badgley tries to reason with him again, and the two go back and forth before Badgley finally gives up and says, "This is too hard. I can't teach you."
The video, which comes on the heels of the show's fourth season premiere, had more than 8.7 million views and 1.5 million likes as of Sunday. The most recent season of "You" debuted Thursday, and will be released in two parts.
This season, Joe Goldberg is on the move once again, but this time he's across the pond and has taken up residence in London where he works as an English professor named Jonathan Moore.
However, in typical "You" fashion, things get complicated when he takes an interest in art gallery director Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie). Marienne Bellamy (Tati Gabrielle), his third-season love interest, also makes an appearance in season four.
Badgley had a specific request in regard to Goldberg's love life this season. In a recent episode of his podcast "Podcrushed," Badgley talked about wanting to limit sex scenes for a few reasons.
"I don't think I have ever mentioned it publicly, but one of the main things was, do I want to put myself back on a career path where I'm always the romantic lead?" Badgley said in the episode.
He also cited the importance of fidelity in his life as another reason he wanted to cut back on intimate scenes.
The first five episodes of the fourth season are now streaming on Netflix, with the second half of the season set to begin streaming on March 9.