Penn Badgley Wanted to Lose 'Enough Weight' for ‘You Deserve Each Other’

Penn Badgley was 'consumed' with losing weight for new role: 'I should have had a Marvel body'

"I had like a real-life good body," the actor complained. "There's a difference."Penn Badgley Vivien Killilea/GettyPenn Badgley channeled his inner Captain America to prepare for his latest role.The Gossip Girl alum has revealed that he took inspiration from a long line of Marvel actors and hit the gym to prepare for an upcoming movie. But believe it or not, the role in question didn't require tights, spandex, or any kind of superheroics. Badgle…

Penn Badgley Wanted to Lose 'Enough Weight' for ‘You Deserve Each Other’

Penn Badgley underwent a full-body transformation ahead of his upcoming romantic comedy, You Deserve Each Other. “It happened very fast, like, I signed on right before we had to go [shoot the movie],” Badgley, 39, said on the Thursday, January 29, episode of his “Podcrushed” podcast. “I was actually mostly consumed with losing enough weight, so it just made sense how maniacal this guy was supposed to be about his body.” Badgley is set to star as…