17 Faces Penn Badgley Makes in Netflix's You That Prove His Acting Skills Are Incredible
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Penn Badgley may not have many spoken lines on Netflix's You (it's all in the narration!), but he knows what's up when it comes to making the most of his screen time with one key acting skill: his facial expressions. In an instant, Badgley is able to switch around his expressions to mask or unmask Joe's thoughts with a level of precision that makes his character even more unsettling. Does anyone else remember the time he totally flipped out on Beck during season one for locking him in his own glass cage? Yeah, that was not a pretty sight.
During an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Badgley admitted that the unique acting skill comes to him naturally. "It is shockingly simple," Badgley admitted. "It does not mean it's easy — although, sometimes it is." Keep reading to relive some of our favorite Joe Goldberg faces, and please excuse me while I go practice my casual thinking face in the mirror for the next 10 minutes.
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Joe Goldberg's "I Forgot to Pay the Rent and Delilah Is Going to Kill Me" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "Oh My God — I Left the Stove On" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "If Only You Knew What I Keep in My Storage Unit" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "Do You Even Go Here?" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "What Did You Say to Me, B*tch?" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "No, I Will Not Take an Extra Shift, Forty!" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "I'm Totally Not Going to Murder You When We're Alone" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "What Do You Mean You Don't Like Books?" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "I've Never Met Anyone Crazier Than You and I'm Me" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "No, I Will Not Chill Out" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "I'm Onto You, Candace" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "Well That Didn't Go Like I Expected" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "Finally, Someone Gets Me" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "What the Hell Just Happened, Forty?" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "I Just Wanted to Catch My Flight to Mexico" Face
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Joe Goldberg's "They've Finally Caught Me" Face
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