YOU - YOU News Thread #1: Your one stop shop for YOU News - Page 20

**upchitzcreek** · 07-18-2019, 05:06 PM

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SCREEN SAVIORS

Natasha Lyonne, Michelle Williams, Billy Porter, and More Stars Bringing Television To New Heights

If you want to find the furiously beating heart of culture today, the world of television is the place to begin your search. That’s where cinematic genres continue to be reinvented and reborn, mirroring changes in society: Romantic comedies are set in high schools; supernatural horror takes campy twists; character-driven dramas put previously marginalized groups front and center. And now, plenty of those series's previously unsung stars are finding themselves front and center in the industry, too. Billy Porter, for example, is no longer just turning heads on Pose, but also on the red carpet; even amidst the hordes of other A-list celebrities, at this year's Met Gala, Porter—who just became the first-ever openly gay black man nominated for the Emmy's Lead Actor in a Drama—was impossible to miss.) Aside from Pose, which has made history with scripted TV's largest cast of transgender actors, representation has been improving elsewhere, too: Between Alison Brie in GLOW, Natasha Lyonne in Russian Doll, Connie Britton in Dirty John, and Michelle Williams in Fosse/Vernon, there's been less need than ever to throw around the phrase "strong female character" when it comes the roles women have to choose from to appear on-screen. From Maude Apatow of Euphoria to Penn Badgely of You, here are 14 stars powering the hits we can’t stop watching.

Photograph by Jackie Nickerson; Styled by Elin Svahn.

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PENN BADGLEY, YOU
When I first read the script for You, I was not attracted to Joe, my character. I was like, “Oof—I don’t know.” He’s a villain, and yet he’s also an antihero. He’s seductive, but he’s a murderer. It’s fascinating that people—especially women—are drawn to this guy. The greatest challenge I have is not judging him. I don’t ever think of him as a killer. To him, murder is simply a means to an end.

Did you always want to act?

At the age of eight, I was in The Music Man, and I told my parents, “I want to do this for the rest of my life.” When I was 12, my mom and I went to L.A. and I started working immediately.

Was your first kiss on camera?

No, but starting out so young, you’re always having to display sexuality before you’ve had those experiences.

Spoiler:

Badgley wears an Alexander McQueen coat; Boss T-shirt; Jil Sander pants; Sophie Buhai bracelet.

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