What 'You' Star Victoria Pedretti Has Said About Kissing Penn Badgley
Joe Goldberg found one hell of a match in Love Quinn in season 2 of the Netflix hit thriller collection, You. With Love meeting her inevitable demise in season 3 after an extraordinary two-season run, actress Victoria Pedretti, 26, — who's reportedly dating her co-star — did not dangle back on spilling some behind-the-scenes tea.
The Haunting of Hill House star has come a long way from doubting her actor standing after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Now that she's last the You bankruptcy of her occupation, she's having a look ahead to enjoying "something fantasy-related," as in "something that's not even human." But before the up-and-coming actress lets pass of Love Quinn, let's have a look back at her journey within the display, as well as her experience working with former Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley, 34.
She Initially Auditioned For The Role Of Beck
In an interview with Byrdie, Pedretti published that she at first sought after the position of Beck. "I auditioned for Beck during my first time in LA while I was showcasing with my university," she said. "I got pretty far in the audition process. It was the furthest I had ever gotten in an audition process. But I didn't really think about it after that." By the time the show was a world hit, The Haunting of Hillhouse had already come out as properly. Then You showrunners, Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble reached out to her.
"I was reached out by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble after they saw my work in The Haunting of the Hill House," Pedretti said all the way through an "On the Rise" feature on Harper's Bazaar. "They told me about the character and I was really excited about the notion of doing it." At that time, she'd already forgotten about auditioning for the function of Beck. She was additionally a bit nervous about joining the display.
"Coming into a show that already existed and that I really already loved and cared about is in some ways nerve-wracking," she shared. "Because you don't wanna be like the squeaky wheel. You don't wanna be the thing that makes everything fall apart, especially when you want it to be good. But that said, I become a fan of whatever I'm doing. I can't work on a project if in the moment, I can't absolutely love what I'm doing. 'Cause then I can't put all of myself into it." Well, it indisputably gave the impression of Love loved killing a few other folks within the show sooner than her go out.
On Acting With Penn Badgley For The First Time
After she used to be tapped by means of Berlanti and Gamble, Pedretti did a chemistry read with Badgley which it seems that worked out well. However, the reluctant actress wasn't so sure to start with. "I ended up doing a chemistry read with Penn, and it was like going through a tornado and then coming out and just being like 'Whoop, well, I did my best,'" she said. Still, she felt "there was promise in whatever we did."
She added that she "finally realized that I could call myself an actor without anybody giving me permission." It additionally helped that she was once cast in such a well-loved undertaking. "It's incredible to have the opportunity to do what I do and then for people to enjoy it and take an interest," Pedretti said of touchdown her role in You. "You know you want a story to touch people. And if a lot of people watch it, it's representative of how much people are taking interest in the work you're doing. So it's incredible."
Filming These Scenes With Penn Badgley 'Felt Strange'
Filming season Three of You had already started when COVID-19 hit. They had to lower some scenes and triumph over the average demanding situations productions have faced within the remaining 12 months. "We were really lucky that we could do it at all, and it was very fun to write this story and actually shoot it," Gamble told Entertainment Weekly. "It's a really fun show to work on, but it was easily the hardest thing I've ever done in my career ... This is not a show where you can be like, 'Nobody's going to kiss. It'll be fine.' So it took months to figure out how to do it safely."
Pedretti added that shooting intimate scenes with Badgley felt weird. "I felt very lucky that they start off their relationships at odds with each other, navigating the awkwardness of being new parents," defined the Haunting of Bly Manor star. "Because it felt strange to be physically intimate very early on, even though we're supposed to be a married couple."
She additionally needed to get used to filming again, coming out of the pandemic. "It's weird. We have a rapport," said Pedretti of working with Badgley in season 3. "We played a couple before, but it didn't just immediately come back after being in a global pandemic." In the end, she delivered a performance that would make enthusiasts leave out her within the recently confirmed season 4.
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