2018-09-20 Entertainment Weekly

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BADGLEY

The formerGossip

Girlboy, 31, tells EW’s

Samantha Highfill

about findingYOU

What was your initial

reaction to the role?

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 say-

ing? It’s not an aver-

age show.... It’s a

social experiment.

What was your biggest

concern about

your character, Joe?

Letting my own

nature make him

too human. You’re

against-all-odds

charmed by him—

maybe you still

think he’s Dan [from

Gossip Girl]. But epi-

sode 6 is a serious

departure. You

thought you knew

what you were in

for...but now it’s

going to change, and

it’s not going back.

YO U

Based on Caroline Kepnes’ 2014 novel,YOU puts a twist on

a classic tale: Boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy...stalks girl,

in this addictive, morally tricky thriller about love (it’s, uh, compli-

cated) in the age of social media.(Lifetime, Sept. 9, 10 p.m.)

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