Overview

• The excerpt details a season 3 fantasy sequence in which a massive rig left no room for his scene partner, requiring him to simulate the act alone.
• Director Silver Tree staged an extreme close-up that had the actor perform while looking straight into the lens, a move he typically avoids.
• Badgley writes that he initially broke into laughter, which spread to the camera and sound crew, before they reset and completed the shot.
• He recounts finishing the take by locking eyes with the camera and, as he puts it, “humping” for the performance.
• The piece appears in Crushmore, co-written with his Podcrushed cohosts Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari, with publication set for October 14 following his past request to limit intimacy scenes on the show.