They walked into the room as if they were the characters that they played in the show.
Penn Badgley in a plain white shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, his thick dark locks tousled as if he had just stepped out of bed. His intense and brooding eyes would burrow into yours if you so as much as lock gaze with him.
Shay Mitchell looked like she stepped right out of a glamorous fashion magazine. Dressed in an immaculate white ensemble, without a hair out of place, her flawless sun kissed skin glowing.She was the very epitome of a Hollywood actress, in her element as she smiled and waved at the cameras.
The two actors are in Manila for the Press Tour of their Netflix Original Series, Romantic Thriller “YOU” which sees Badgley’s character Joe, a Book Store Manager in New York who becomes obsessed with Beck, a charming and beautiful struggling writer.
While Joe literally stalks Beck, he has to face off with her rich, beautiful, manipulative and scheming best friend Peach, played by Shay Mitchell.
Badgley is very vocal about not admiring his character who is basically a psychopath and in his mind, the embodiment of the “internet troll”. He talks of how they, as the people behind the show should take responsibility in making sure that the balance of his character (part charming, part creepy) is always in check.
He is meant to represent things that are inside all of us like “the internet troll” he says, who online expresses wanting to harm others but only in Joe’s case he actually does it.
“It’s so easy to fall in love with people you don’t know” she says.
You feel like you get to know them (through social media) with what they put out there and I think a lot of the time, I have to think about what I put out there. It (really) is a (delicate) balance, a fine line.
I think as long as you can use it and know that what you are seeing is a “highlight reel” – its not reality, its the best of the best moments of that day, that’s been curated, perfected and filtered a million times. If you can go into it knowing that, then you can use it appropriately, Mitchell says.
The series has already been picked up for a second season. The first season is currently streaming on Netflix.
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