Line #11 Trivia/You2018


1	* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler: In season 4, Ed Speelers portrays both the real Rhys Montrose and the evil Rhys persona whom Joe manifests to satiate his murderous urges as the Eat-The-Rich killer.]]
2	* AllThereInTheScript: Joe's three blind dates in "Ex-istential Crisis" are, in order of appearance: [[AsianAirhead Luna]], [[CovertPervert Haley]] and [[TheAlcoholic Moira]], played by Highdee Kuan, JJ Nolan and Ivy Beech respectively.
3	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/VictoriaPedretti was in the running for the role of Beck, but lost it to Creator/ElizabethLail. Following her own breakout in ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'', Pedretti was then cast as Joe's next girlfriend, Love. The same applied to Creator/DylanArnold, who also auditioned for the roles Joe and Forty, which were taken over by Creator/PennBadgley and Creator/JamesScully respectively, and he would later be cast as Theo in the third season.
4	* ChannelHop: Initially released by Creator/{{Lifetime}} in the United States and Creator/{{Netflix}} internationally, it moved to Netflix entirely after Lifetime cancelled the series.
5	* CreatorsPest: Humorously, Penn Badgley has gone on record as utterly ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9YJ5wuH2Rq0 despising]]'' Joe, almost as much as he despises [[MisaimedFandom the legion of women and fangirls]] [[DracoInLeatherPants who are willing to forgive his crimes or think he's actually a good person.]]
6	* DawsonCasting: Theo Engler, a 19-year-old college student, is played by Dylan Arnold who was 27 years old when the third season was released (in fact his actor is a year older than Victoria Pedretti, whose character Love is at least in her late-20s).
7	* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor:
8	** Daniel Durant plays Love's deaf husband James, who's deaf like him (shown in her flashbacks).
9	** Dante's actor, Ben Mehl, was born with Stargardt's disease and is legally blind.
10	* OvertookTheManga: Season three skips the third book in the series, ''Literature/YouLoveMe'', entirely because it was released after development on the new season had already begun.
11	* ProductionPosse:
12	** Creator/JamesScully (Forty) and Melanie Fields (Sunrise) co-starred in ''Series/Heathers2018''.
13	** Creator/TillyKeeper and Creator/AmyLeighHickman co-starred in the short film ''True Colors''.
14	* PromotedFangirl: Creator/TillyKeeper mentions being a fan of the show before being cast.
15	* QueerCharacterQueerActor:
16	** Creator/ShayMitchell has said she's attracted to people based on a specific personality, regardless of their gender. In 2022, she appeared on [=TikTok=] with a video that indicated she's bisexual. She played Peach, who's either bi or a lesbian.
17	** Sherry, along with Cary, is implied to have "swinging" nights with other couples where they sleep both with men and women. Shalita Grant, who plays Sherry, is a lesbian in real life.
18	** Forty is stated [[WordOfGay by his actor]], the openly gay James Scully, to be [[https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/netflix-you/season-2-forty-gay-straight-james-scully-sexuality/ sexually fluid]].
19	** Queer actress Creator/MelanieField plays Sunrise, who's a lesbian.
20	* RomanceOnTheSet:
21	** Victoria Pedretti and Dylan Arnold, whose characters have an affair with each other in the show, are dating in real life.
22	** James Scully [[https://pagesix.com/2022/12/04/you-star-james-scully-admits-to-having-a-crush-on-penn-badgley/ admitted to being infatuated]] with Penn Badgley while filming Season 2.
23	* StarMakingRole: For Creator/JennaOrtega as Ellie, who went on to star in high-profile roles after this one.
24	* ThoseTwoActors: James Scully and Melanie Field starred in ''Series/Heathers2018'' as J.D. and Heather Chandler respectively.
25	* VindicatedByReruns: The show, while well-received, was relatively unknown when it aired on Lifetime but soon [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/1/11/18177643/you-netflix-effect skyrocketed in popularity]] after it was made available on Netflix.
26	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
27	** Victoria Pedretti initially auditioned for the role of Beck.
28	** Dylan Arnold [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/you-season-3-dylan-arnold-theo-interview previously auditioned for Joe and Forty]] before being cast for Theo.
29	** [[https://tvline.com/2021/10/15/you-season-3-changes-mr-mooney-actor-mark-blum-dead/ Mr. Mooney was meant to appear]] in Season 3's flashbacks, but this was tragically averted due to Mark Blum's death.
30	** Creator/JennaOrtega was supposed to [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jenna-ortega-you-season-4-ellie-wednesday-b2280061.html return in Season 4]], but was too occupied with filming for ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''.
31	* WordOfSaintPaul: James Scully believes that his character, Forty, is sexually fluid.
32	* WordOfGay: According to his actor, Forty is sexually fluid.

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