Revealed: Interesting 'Gossip Girl' Connection Between Penn Badgley's 'You' Set's Cage Room
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Hey there, fans of twisted TV drama! Penn Badgley, everyone's favorite stalker-with-a-heart, recently gave us a taste of nostalgia, blending it with a heart-skipping dose of eerie coincidence. While strolling us through the sinister backdrop of his Netflix thriller You in a tour for Architectural Digest, the 38-year-old heartthrob made a jaw-dropping revelation: the very same stages that now scream psychological terror in You once echoed the dramatic lives of Upper East Side teens in Gossip Girl.
"Shocking trivia alert!" Badgley exclaimed, standing in the chilling basement, where his You character, Joe Goldberg, keeps his victims in a see-through cage. "This very spot was where we shot Gossip Girl," he revealed, sending a shiver down our spines.
Indeed, the same soundstage that now screams psychiatric ward was once filled with the melodramatic banter of wealthy teenagers.
But the connection doesn't end there. He went on to highlight, "And let's not forget, this stage here is where the Waldorf suites or whatever, where they lived, used to be!" referring to the glam Manhattan pad where Blair Waldorf (played by Leighton Meester) ruled.
And if that wasn't enough, the location gets even more tangled. "The stage with the bookstore was where the Humphrey loft was," Badgley added, connecting the dots between Joe Goldberg's bookish lair, which held his dark secrets, and Dan Humphrey's humble Brooklyn roots.
For long-time fans, it's a full-circle moment—Dan's once-cozy family space is now Joe's twisted hunting ground.
Stepping outside for a moment, Badgley shared a chuckle and a reflective comment: "I was just standing outside looking at the trees and I thought, 'I've been looking at these trees for nearly 20 years now.' And I thought to myself, 'Have they grown? Do trees in the city, over the course of 20 years, do they grow?' They must."
He ended the tour with a conspiratorial grin and the perfectly quirky comment, "So that's just a little window into my brain."
Now, aren't you just the tiniest bit more excited to binge-watch You? 🤐😈
- Penn Badgley, an actor known for his roles in both Gossip Girl and You, shared interesting trivia about the connection between these two Netflix shows.
- The same stages used for the sinister backdrop of You were once filled with the melodramatic banter of wealthy teenagers, as seen in Gossip Girl.
- The stage where Joe Goldberg's bookish lair is now, was once the Humphrey loft, connecting the dark secrets of Joe Goldberg to Dan Humphrey's humble Brooklyn roots.
- For long-time fans, it's a full-circle moment as they watch Dan's once-cozy family space transformed into Joe's twisted hunting ground.
- Badgley's tour concluded by sharing a conspiratorial grin and commenting, "So that's just a little window into my brain," adding to the intrigue surrounding the actor and the shows he's involved in.
- With this behind-the-scenes insight, the world of entertainment, including celebrities like Badgley and shows like You and Gossip Girl, has definitely fueled our interest in pop-culture and movies-and-tv.
