Penn Badgley has just given fans a fun dose of television nostalgia – with a touch of strange coincidence. While viewers who walk through the platform of his Netflix thriller You In a video tour for Architectural digestionThe 38 -year -old actor dropped a surprising behind the scenes: the same steps used for his current show were once sheltered for Gossip Girl.
“A bit of an interesting note … This is where we shot Gossip Girl,” reveals Badgley, while standing in the scary basement where his character, Joe Goldberg, keeps his victims in a transparent cage.
Yes, the same sound scene that is now shouting psychological horror was used to echo the dramatic life of adolescents of the Upper East Side.
He continued by stressing: “This is the same step where Waldorf suit or anything, where they live, it was at this stage”, referring to the Glamor Manhattan cushion where Blair Waldorf (played by Leighton Meester) lived.
But that’s not all – the location becomes even more personal.
“The scene with the bookstore was the place where Humphrey’s loft was,” added Badgley, connecting the points between the high book of Joe Goldberg and the humble roots of Brooklyn by Dan Humphrey.
For longtime fans, it is a full circle moment, the former family space in Dan is now the twisted hunting ground of Joe.
Thinking about the familiarity of the place, Badgley thought: “I was just standing outside by looking at the trees and I thought:” I have been looking at these trees for almost 20 years now “. And I said to myself, “Did they grow up? They have to.
He followed it with a smile and the perfectly eccentric comment, “so it’s just a small window on my brain.”
