Everything you need to know about the new female lead in 'You'

'The Haunting of Hill House' star, Victoria Pedretti has been cast for the role

Netflix thriller You has caused quite a storm. Fans simply couldn't get enough of watching the Penn Badgeley-starrer and were ecstatic when it was renewed for a second season.

Although the sequel was in the works, Joe Goldberg's next love interest wasn't announced. Some believed that as the first season ended on a cliffhanger with Candice's comeback, she would be next.

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But while Penn will reprise his role as Joe in the upcoming season, The Haunting of Hill House star Victoria Pedretti has been confirmed to play the new female lead, named Love Quinn, reported Express. It's not confirmed whether she will play his girlfriend.

Victoria will play an aspiring chef working as a product manager in a high-end grocery store. When Joe meets Love, she is dealing with a huge loss and senses he is also dealing with grief. As the new season  will be based in LA, it is likely that Joe will meet Love while starting a new life there.

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Executive producer Sera Gamble told Entertainment Weekly that Victoria's character embodies the best of Los Angeles. “Joe is not moving to LA because he loves the West Coast. He's a New Yorker and shows how terrible LA is when he gets here."

She continued, “But this show is an opportunity to illuminate an LA that maybe a lot of people haven't seen that goes beyond the Hollywood sign and Love is part of that. She's a Los Angeles native who has really absorbed the best of the city and she's really artistic with the way that she lives her life."

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“Season one was a particular kind of story with regard to the relationship between Joe and Beck. The moment we did what we did in the finale, we knew it couldn't be repeated. But I will say, that Love is a person he could only have met after what happened between him and Beck," Sera shared.

Netflix's thriller 'YOU' is officially returning with a second season

The producer concluded by confirming that "Joe is not out there looking for love. He’s truly heartbroken by what has happened, and so what Love offers is a different kind of friendship and a different kind of relationship.”

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