Netflix announced that You season five has added The Handmaid’s Tale star Madeline Brewer to its cast.
In a series regular role, Brewer will portray Bronte, an enigmatic and free-spirited playwright who comes to work for Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) at his bookstore. As the two connect over literature and loss, she stokes in him a nostalgia for his former self, causing him to question everything his life has become. The fifth and final season of You will be set in New York City.
The Handmaid’s Tale star plays Janine on the Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2021. The dystopian show has its sixth and final season in the works as well.
Brewer has also appeared in the Netflix originals Orange Is the New Black, Black Mirror and Hemlock Grove, as well as Bret Easton Ellis’ series The Deleted for Fullscreen.
You is developed by Greg Berlanti and Gamble based on Caroline Kepnes' Alloy books. The series follows Joe Goldberg, a man who will do just about anything when love is at stake.
The fourth season of You showed Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg living in London with a different identity by the name of Jonathan Moore. He eventually ends up obsessively falling for yet another woman by the name of Kate, who works as a director at an art gallery. Apart from Badgley, the cast of the series also includes Tati Gabrielle, Charlotte Ritchie, Tilly Keeper, Amy-Leigh Hickman, and Ed Speleers.
Four seasons of You are currently streaming on Netflix. The makers of the series have not yet announced a release window for the fifth and final season.