Our lovely, scruffy-haired Penn Badgley is waxing intellectual once again.
While the majority of Gossip Girl fans were fine suspending disbelief for entertainment (it’s not like the CW hit ever said they were Mad Men), Penn apparently represents those who thought it was TOO rooted in fantasy to take it seriously.
He tells New York Magazine:
“The end was strange for me, for all of us. Because the characters did all end up together. That has been my problem with television├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥you start with something real, and it eventually becomes, against all odds, How do these six people still hang out every day? It├óΓé¼Γäós fucking crazy. It├óΓé¼Γäós impossible. I mean, those six people├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥why do they even keep hanging out? Because they have to, because they├óΓé¼Γäóre on a show. So you start to figure out these asinine ways to keep them all together. Eventually, you have this group of kids circumventing the FBI, dealing with ghosts. And that├óΓé¼Γäós not anyone├óΓé¼Γäós fault. That├óΓé¼Γäós not the writers├óΓé¼Γäó fault. It├óΓé¼Γäós just the nature of television. And that├óΓé¼Γäós why after so many years of working in it, I was, ‘Seriously? I cannot do this anymore.’ It├óΓé¼Γäós not to discredit whatever success I have, but right now being famous, being successful, whatever, it exists in this giant gray area.”
Dude makes a great argument.
But again, some things are just meant for carefree entertainment. If you’re signing a contract to be on a show called GOSSIP GIRL then you have to know what you’re getting into and expect nothing less! LOL!
But Penn’s really just weaving his observations and we can’t blame him for that. We wouldn’t want to!
Besides, boy’s got a bigger bone to pick.
While he lives the bohemian lifestyle, he critiques those who soak in the fame, saying:
“It├óΓé¼Γäós just like, so many famous people should be embarrassed. I don├óΓé¼Γäót want to be on record saying my agent├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥my team is great├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥but an agent at this stage now would be encouraging me to just do something to be strategic. Do something to keep the momentum going. And frankly I just don├óΓé¼Γäót think it├óΓé¼Γäós that important. Working is not important├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥doing something is not important. I have a lot of time. I├óΓé¼Γäóm young. People forget that. Because it├óΓé¼Γäóll drive you crazy if you├óΓé¼Γäóre too aware of it. I mean, I think the cases of Tom Cruise or every celebrity that goes a little nuts├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥I think one of the things they go a little nuts about is, they probably have gone in for it a little too hard. Because they├óΓé¼Γäóre a little too aware of it.”
He’s got a point… as always. Sigh, but we love him for it!!
Penn will be exciting our eardrums in his new film, Greetings from Tim Buckley, due out in theaters on July 4!
CLICK HERE to watch the trailer!
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