Stalker Joe Goldberg is back on Netflix now
, the actor was part of one of the biggest shows on TV from 2007 to 2012. But now, his latest role – as a psychotic stalker in the twisted thriller– is garnering even more buzz. Originally made for the US network Lifetime, the series was broadcast in September 2018 but only became a global hit after it arrived on Netflix three months later.
“What I didn’t anticipate was this seemingly unanimous response that people appreciated the person portraying Joe and wanted to engage with me. You wouldn’t ordinarily want an actor to do that and the role wouldn’t ordinarily invite that, but that’s why this show is interesting. People are enjoying it, but at the same time it invites a really unsettling level of questioning. It takes tropes from romantic comedies and subverts them.
“And I don’t think it was made for that. There were people who were able to think-piece their way in and out of that show, but it wasn’t meant to be dissected in that way. That was in 2007, before the financial collapse and before the Obama years. It’s a very different time now.was representative of this dream of excess and privilege, whereas now we recognise that it’s that very excess and privilege that leads to dire social unrest and inequality.
reboot is in development. How do you hope it will address those issues and would you ever be involved? “I don’t know much about it but I’m interested to see how it will be different. It needs a change and I’m sure they’re thinking about that more than I am. I’m sure they’ll figure it out and make it great. But honestly, if I was on the show now people would just think, ‘He’s going to kill them all’.”
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