Find love on the page and on screen! As soon as Netflix debuted Bridgerton in 2020, fans got invested in the stories yet to be told.
Based on Julia Quinnnovels of the same name, the series began with the love story of Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Rege-Jean Page). Dynevor previously shed some light on what it was like to watch viewers react to the TV version of the Regency romance.
“You have no idea what lines people are going to care about,” said the Younger alum said Variety in June 2021, referencing the infamous wedding night sequence. “It surprised me. It wasn’t like I saw ‘I’m burning for you’ in the script and was like, ‘This is what people are going to talk about.'”
For Dynevor, the highlight of playing Daphne came in bringing the words to life for the audience to enjoy. “The key to dialogue like that is just to make it as organic and as real as possible. There’s no other way to play saying a line like that than to make it a inner feeling,” she added at the time.
Shortly after Page confirmed he wouldn’t be returning for Season 2, Dynevor pointed out that there were still more stories to tell.
“I think fans who have read the books and are familiar with the books are aware that each season will focus on a different brother’s journey,” she said. The envelope in June 2021. “And that might be a bit more of a – not a shock, but like a surprise to the fans who love Daphne and Simon’s story so much. But I think that’s honestly the joy of the show at long term, seeing these different love stories unfold.
Season 2 of Bridgerton tells the story of Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) find love with Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). Ahead of the series’ highly anticipated return, producer Shonda Rhimes revealed the bigger picture she wanted to see told.
“Tome, Bridgerton is about identity and exploring who you are as a person versus what society wants you to be,” she shared during an interview with Netflix in March 2022. “While many Many people want to think the show is all about romance, romance is nothing without all that rich, multi-layered character experience, and watching those characters fight and fight for who they want to be on the inside.
Rhimes continued, “These people are trying to rise through society’s expectations of them to become who they really are. It’s really powerful. It creates really powerful storytelling and enhances any romantic story we’re trying to tell.
Scroll for all the couples who end up together in the Bridgerton series of novels:
