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Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Gossip Girl or Too Cool for School? (with Penn Badgley)

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

When actor Penn Badgley was offered the role of Dan Humphrey in “Gossip Girl,” he initially turned it down because it wasn’t interesting enough. He also turned down the role of Joe Goldberg in “You” because he didn’t want to glorify a serial killer. Sam asks Penn what led him to change his mind on these two career-defining shows, how his Baháʼí faith helps him make decisions, and why you won’t be seeing him on crypto ads anytime soon.

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1:15.0

you probably picked up on the fact that we talk all about choices here. And, well, if this is your first time listening, then welcome.

1:20.0

Nobody ever forgets there first.

1:22.0

Today I am feeling a little meta.

1:27.0

Maybe I'm a little too into choice, too in my head about it.

1:31.0

I'm thinking about not just what good choices are but how we clear

1:35.9

the path, I guess, to make our choices. For me, it comes down to clarity and I recently had a kind of wrestled with clarity in how I make

1:47.5

my own professional decisions I think like we all are looking to find a little bit of clarity sometimes so maybe you need

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