You season four: Who are the new cast members?
The full season is out now!
As fans of Netflix's You will know, we all thought the show was set to move to Paris for the upcoming fourth series, which was announced back in October 2021 just before the third season landed. As the teaser trailer confirmed, however, series four is actually set in London! Now that both Part One and Two are officially out now, let's take a look at some brand new characters!
Back in February, You bosses revealed that Euphoria star Lukas Gage had joined the cast for the fourth season. Not only that, but Channel 4 hit show Fresh Meat star Charlotte Ritchie also appeared in the series.
Lukas Gage in You season 4
Lukas, who starred in the first season of HBO's drama Euphoria, has taken on the role of Adam in the fourth season of You - the ex-pat son of a wealthy businessman. Adam is an entrepreneur and a gambler, who fails to meet the standards of his respected family.
Prior to the release of series four Part One, Adam was reported as being determined to 'prove himself', taking big risks and living by the thought that a 'good businessman does absolutely anything he can get away with'.
Lukas, who also starred in popular show White Lotus, joins show star Penn Badgley, who returned as the creepy Joe Goldberg.
Charlotte Ritchie in You season 4
Netflix also excited fans with the announcement that Fresh Meat star Charlotte Ritchie would be joining the cast of You for the fourth season! Charlotte plays the role of new character Kate.
As fans of the show will know, the end of You season three saw Joe, who is presumed dead by his peers back in Madre Linda, travel to Paris in efforts to find his library crush Marienne, who was warned by Love to "disappear".
Is Marienne in You season four?
Yes! Prior to the season's release, thanks to the teaser trailer released for You series four, we knew that Marienne would officially be returning for the new season. The character, played by Tati Gabrielle, returned alongside plenty of new characters.
Marienne returned in season four Part One, as we saw Joe try and explain himself and plead with his former fling. The mother-of-one has figured out what Joe did to his wife, Love, and runs from him scared. Joe continues the season heartbroken over Marienne's rejection.
Without spoiling Part Two, the second instalment sees Marienne's plot-line thicken even further, with Joe slipping back into his old ways.
New characters in You season four
The teaser trailer gave us quite a lot of information about the new season prior to its release, including the release date, new character names, and Joe's new identity for series four - Professor Jonathan Moore.
As well as Adam and Kate, new characters include Malcolm (played by Stephen Hagan), Rhys (played by Ed Speleers), Nadia (played by Amy-Leigh Hickman), Phoebe (played by Tilly Keeper), Simon (played by Aidan Cheng), Sophie (played by Niccy Lin), Blessing (played by Ozioma Whenu), Gemma (played by Eve Austin) and Connie (played by Dario Coates).
Is Love in season four?
Given the ending to season three, it's fair to say that Love Quinn's storyline came to a pretty brutal end - however, that doesn't mean she doesn't feature in season four! The character - played by Victoria Pedretti - however, only appears as a figment of Joe's imagination.
Without spoiling Part Two of season four too much, we begin to witness Joe's sanity take a turn, resulting in him imagining interactions with various characters in the show. Not only does this include his deceased wife Love, but also his season one love interest Beck.
Check out these interesting facts about Netflix's You:
Penn Badgley very nearly turned down playing Joe
He was "conflicted" that the show would be problematic as the character was such an "awful person".
He told Entertainment Weekly: "I didn't want to do it — it was too much. I was conflicted with the nature of the role. If this is a love story, what is it saying?
"And then what was key in me wanting to jump on board were my conversations with Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, the creators, and understanding Joe's humanity.
"I knew that I would be conflicted about the role from day one till the last day, and that is why they thought I would be good for it, is that I'm not psyched to play somebody of this nature."
Netflix wasn’t originally meant to be the place for You
Yep, creators Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble originally premiered the show on Lifetime in September 2018, however was dropped after the first season. Bet they're kicking themselves now - as the show was later picked up by Netflix, continuing as a Netflix Original title... And the rest is history!
A clue that the show wasn't always a Netflix original is the first episode's title - 'Pilot'.
You is based on books
The show is based on books by Caroline Kepnes - You, Hidden Bodies and the most recent You Love Me. Similar to the series, there's even a fourth book on the way!
Stephen King even praised the books, saying: "Totally original. Never read anything quite like it…Hypnotic and scary."
Penn wasn't the only one who nearly turned down a part in the show!
Tati Gabrielle, who plays libarian Marienne Bellamy in series three initially turned the role down as her agent told her it was a 'mystery show'.
She told Marie Claire: "In September or October of last year I was in Spain shooting another project. I had fully intended, once I finished that project, to take a month off. But my agent said, 'They want you for this Greg Berlanti project.' I asked, 'What is it?' They couldn't tell me, so I said no."
She added: "Then I knew what it was. I said yes because I was a super big fan of the show."
They use a 'blood machine' for the gory scenes
All the gory blood is made of sugar that gets squirted out of a 'blood machine' in the particularly graphic scenes. A lot of effort goes into the gory scenes in the show, with a whole lot of help from some prosthetics!
Penn didn’t have many lines to learn in the show, especially compared to the rest of the cast
That's because most of his dialogue was the voiceover! Speaking to Jimmy Kimmel, Penn admitted that "80% of my lines, if not more are actually voiceovers". The actor then revealed that most days he would go to the set and hardly have any lines, and that he was just "looking".
It's fair to say that Penn was well practiced, as his first ever acting roles were for a radio station and Nintendo 64 video games when he was 10 years old.
Safety first! Show stars took safety courses
Elizabeth Lail, who played Beck in the first series, and Penn had to to attend an eight-hour safety course before they were allowed to film on the NYC subway tracks.
Too likeable?
When filming every series, Penn was worried that he was making the character of Joe too likeable, especially as fans seemed to warm to him way too much considering he's a serial killer.
However, show creator Sara Gamble admitted that she thinks this is because audiences are wired to root for the love story.
She said: "If you just present a 'cute meet' in a bookstore, you're gonna want them to be together. If you see them together in the first scene, you're gonna want them to be together, even if you see what Joe is doing."
Two of the show's stars are reportedly dating in real life
Despite all the gore and creepy obsessions, love actually has come from You, as Victoria Pedretti is rumoured to be dating her co-star Dylan Arnold, who appears in season three as the flirty next door neighbour and college student Theo Engler.
Mooney's book store is a real shop
The facade of Mooney's bookstore, where Joe works in season one, is in fact a real life book shop! The signage above the door was kept fairly similar for the show, with the only real difference being the name.
The real shop is called Logos Bookstore, and sells Christian and religious books. Will we see Joe visit his old stomping ground in season five as he returns to NYC?
Season one-four of You are available to stream on Netflix now.
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