Penn Badgley Put Wax In Every Orifice For You Finale

The much-anticipated fifth and final season of the Netflix series You finally hit our screens last month, and this means that we have been treated to a whole bunch of behind-the-scenes insight from the cast and crew in recent weeks.
If you need reminding, You stars Penn Badgley as serial killer Joe Goldberg, and is based on Caroline Kepnes's book of the same name. The TV show first premiered in 2018, and over the years, we've watched Joe stalk, manipulate, and murder his way through the series in some truly harrowing scenes. While there is absolutely no doubt that Joe is not, in any capacity, a nice guy, the character has remained pretty beloved by fans of the show, which is mainly due to the fact that he is the narrator, and consequently has the ability to manipulate viewers with the same charm and gaslighting that he manipulates his victims with onscreen.However, in the very final episode of the series, Joe is fully exposed as the monster that he has always been as he goes head-to-head with his Season 5 love interest, Louise 'Bronte' Flannery, played by Madeline Brewer.
This sequence marks the first time that viewers are explicitly shown just how terrifying and powerful Joe is, and we see him brutally attack Bronte — including violently punching her in the face, strangling her, and even attempting to drown her in a lake.
The drowning scene is perhaps one of the most harrowing parts of the episode, and in a recent installment of his podcast, Podcrushed, Penn detailed the less-than-glamorous reality of shooting the water scenes, which involved having to put wax over his rectum. Yes, you read that correctly.
Penn opened up when he and his Podcrushed cohosts, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari, recapped the You finale with its director, Lee Toland Krieger.Asked how they shot in the lake, Lee began by saying that a lot of the footage was actually filmed with Penn and Madeline's body doubles for health and safety reasons.
'I did get into the water for the final bit, I had to be fully submerged by the water,' Penn recalled before sharing: 'But the water was laced with E. coli. They did test it beforehand, and they said it was manageable, but what we all had to do, when we got in, we had to put in every orifice — I'm not kidding — wax. So, ears, nose… others…'
Penn also detailed having to put on 'the tightest Speedo' that was made out of a 'really, really thick' material to help seal his body off from the bacteria.
'It was a small, small man-made little pond,' Penn continued. 'The grass was covered in goose shit. There were four of us who ended up having to get into that water, and we all had to cover every orifice. Seal it with, like, this wax pomade, in the noses, and then right after, when we got out, we had to spray our mouths and nose and ears with an antiseptic.'
Keen to reassure listeners, Lee then said: 'I remember seeing all the water testing from safety and it was… It was not something you want to go and swim some laps in, but a lot of this is out of an abundance of caution.' But the director then admitted: 'Granted, I was sitting up on the shore with a cappuccino in my hands.'
'I'm saying all this not because it was dangerous at all, but because it was just gross,' Penn agreed, with Lee adding: 'I'd never ask you to do something I wouldn't do myself, OK? I didn't get in the water, for the record.'
'Have you put wax in your rectum?' Penn then asked, sparking laughter. And this prompted Lee to recall the moment another crew member told Penn about the wax situation, sharing: 'I remember, later that night, you telling me that Tony came up to you?'
'He's like: 'I'm only gonna ask you this once and never again… I need you to put this in your rectum,'' Penn finished. 'And I said: 'Tony... That's not a question!''
Whew, talk about dedication to the role — what do you make of Penn's revelation? Let me know in the comments below!

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