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YouandPenn Badgleyscreepy psycho Joe Goldberg have officially founda new home on Netflix.
(The show already airs on Netflix internationally.)
Last timewe spoke, Lifetime had picked up the second season before the first one premiered.
I understand season two didnt work for their business model.
We had been talking about the show with Netflix the whole time.
Internationally, the show has been a Netflix original from the get-go.
We made that deal pretty early with them.
This just feels like a really great story to tell with the Netflix model.
It was always built to be extremely binge-able.
When did you find out that Lifetime was backing out?A little before it became public.
But I think the stars have aligned for the show in that there was no pause for us creatively.
We had been full steam ahead for season two.
We just switched tracks to Netflix, and I think thats healthy and good for the show.
How far along in the writing process were you when you found out?Pretty early in the process.
In this case, theres something kind of intuitively right about being on Netflix.
It always felt like that kind of show.
Its a little bit of an unusual show for them in a number of ways.
Most obviously, its about a single male lead.
So I have a lot of gratitude for that.
Are you excited about Netflix also because creatively you’re free to do more?
Will Joe get even crazier now?The show will stay fundamentally the same.
This is the exact level of crazy we want to be at going into season two.
We dont really do shocking things for their own sake on this show.
Were telling a story and were putting a lot of thought into each move that Joe Goldberg makes.
Although not having to count the number of times we say the word fuck will be fun.
If it improves the episode, then great.
So were thinking really deeply about how to hold onto the spirit of the second book.
There wasa big surpriseat the end of the first season: Joes ex Candace is alive.
Does that mean shes part of the second season?Candace does indeed have a role in season two.
I can say shes not feeling particularly disposed to be nice to Joe.
Joe wasnt very nice to her, and shes not feeling all that charitably toward Joe.
Some of the basic cable networks that delved into original scripted programming are nowwithdrawing from that.
As a producer who has a successful show on basic cable, youre on both sides.
It feels like there is room for more diverse storytelling, more niche storytelling, edgier storytelling.
So I try not to get caught up in the minutiae of what is new today.
I was thrilled to tell the story on Lifetime.
And Im super thrilled that we get to tell the story on Netflix.
They have so many great shows and we also discover so many great shows when they come on Netflix.
And, organically, as we were working on season one, the stories just broke that way.
So I think the binge model is perfect for the show.
And Joe really embodies the Christmas spirit.Oh my God, youre so right!
The perfect Christmas gift to yourself.
Such a great guy!
