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You: Obsess Over These Behind-the-Scenes Secrets

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Jun 21, 2023 12:10 PM
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Before Penn Badgley returns as Joe Goldberg in season four of Netflix's You on Feb. 9, read up on some behind-the-scenes secrets you didn't know.

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The word "You" is reportedly uttered 3,857 times in the show's first two seasons—1,879 in season one, and 1,978 in season two.


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Shay Mitchell provided some of her own clothes for her season one character, Peach Salinger. "I actually loved dressing up like Peach, wearing heels and clothes," she told Glamour in 2019. "I brought so many of my own bags to New York and worked with the costume designer on producing this look. A lot of the clothes are mine, too."


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You can really go to Mooney's bookstore, where Joe works in season one. In real life, it's called Logos Bookstore and is located in Manhattan's Upper East Side.


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Victoria Pedretti originally auditioned for the role of Joe's first interest Beck, played by Elizabeth Lail. Pedretti would go on to play Joe's seasons two and three love interest, Love, of course.


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For the subway tracks scene in season one, Penn Badgley and Elizabeth Lail had to take an 8-hour safety course, due to a New York law. But this meant, according to BUILD, they were then subway-certified for a year.


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Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble's adaptation of Caroline Kepnes' books You: A Novel and Hidden Bodies was originally in development at Showtime way back in 2015 before landing at Lifetime and eventually Netflix.


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In fact, the original books even have Stephen King's seal of approval. "Totally original. Never read anything quite like it," he offered in a 2017 review. "Hypnotic and scary. A little Ira Levin, a little Patricia Highsmith, and plenty of serious snark. Cool stuff."


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And last but not least, You returned for season four, part one Feb. 9 on Netflix. Part two then followed on March 9.


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