Penn Badgley Cast in Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline'

Looks like Penn Badgley has scored a new role in the upcoming Shakespeare adaptation flick, Cymbeline!

The 26-year-old former Gossip Girl actor joins a cast line up that already includes Ethan Hawke and Ed Harris.

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According to Deadline, Penn is set to play the orphan Posthumus. In the original play, his character secretly marries the daughter of King Cymbeline and is banned by the monarch who raised him as a son.

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