Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson opens up about co-star…
When it got here to stepping up to the plate as Bridgerton’s main man in the long-awaited new season, Luke Thompson had help on offer from his predecessor – but was decided to forge his own path, even if it meant risking “a few mistakes” along the way in which.
Season two star Jonathan Bailey – AKA Anthony Bridgerton (who is also, of course, Wicked’s Fiyero) – has beforehand revealed in interviews that he put together a sort of “manual” for his on-screen siblings who would later comply with in his footsteps in taking on the central position as their love story unfolded.
Fans got the steamy romance between Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) during the last season of the favored Netflix sequence – and this time around, it’s bohemian second son Benedict who falls in love with a mysterious masked girl, Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).
Despite many of his siblings being fortunately married, Benedict has long been loath to settle down – but he abruptly finds that stance flipped on its head after encountering the unidentified Lady in Silver at his mom’s masquerade ball.
Bridgerton’s latest main man, Luke Thompson, has opened up about the key handbook left behind by one of the show’s most well-known alums. / SplashNews.com
In a Cinderella-esque twist, Benedict’s subsequent society-wide search for her proves fruitless, as she is, in fact, a maid who’d managed to slip into the glamorous event unnoticed.
(Well, virtually unnoticed).
While it was reassuring to know that Bailey’s advice was out there “were [Thompson] to need it” as he confronted potential “problems and pressures” during filming, the actor, 37, felt it was a deeply “personal” expertise to play the frontline Bridgerton.
Season two star Jonathan Bailey has beforehand revealed in interviews that he put together a sort of “manual” for his on-screen siblings who would later comply with in his footsteps in taking on the central position as their love story unfolded. WireImage
“I did want to … just work it out myself. I think you only really learn properly by making a few mistakes long the way – and so, actually, I did,” he told news.com.au forward of season 4’s premiere.
“It’s such a personal experience that you sort of shape yourself, and different actors feel different pressures. So I tried to sort of make my own way through it.”
Meanwhile, for Sydney-born actress Yerin Ha, stepping into the world of Bridgerton – and as its starring girl, no less – may have confirmed daunting had it not been for the symbolism of the first scene she shot with Thompson.
Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton being tended to by barbers in “Bridgerton.” LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
In it, the chemistry-laden pair is seen sharing a carefree second as they fly a kite together, away from society’s gaze, with Sophie initially reluctant to take part in such an intimate exercise.
“It was beautiful, because I feel like it was a nice parallel in terms of for Sophie … she’s letting her walls down in that scene, and it was also a confirmation of like, ‘oh, I can let my walls down, too’.”
The 27-year-old added: “It just felt like we’d been doing it forever. It was such a beautiful day.”
(L to R) Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton, Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in Episode 208 of” Bridgerton.” LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
When Bridgerton finally makes its long-awaited return on January 29 after eighteen months, thousands and thousands of followers will likely be tuning in to see how Benedict and Sophie’s story unfolds – including, it seems, celeb devotees such as Jennifer Lopez.
The singer and actress is such a devoted viewer that she even threw a lavish Bridgerton-themed bash for her fifty fifth birthday last yr, posting photos of the elegant affair on social media.
It got here as a pleasant shock to the hordes of other Bridgerton followers all over the world – but some of the solid already had an inkling of her obsession, thanks to a refined Instagram act.
“It was beautiful, because I feel like it was a nice parallel in terms of for Sophie … she’s letting her walls down in that scene, and it was also a confirmation of like, ‘oh, I can let my walls down, too’,” Thompson said of his main girl. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
“[Lopez] followed me [on Instagram] – and that’s when I knew!” Newton, 32, told news.com.au, with co-star Hannah Dodd (Francesca Bridgerton) also chiming in: “She followed me as well!”
Newton added: “Yeah, that’s when we knew that there was a Bridgey fan.”
The US’ former First Lady’s admission of being a “Bridgey fan” was also sudden, according to Thompson – particularly as it got here with fairly a racy assertion.
(L-R) Ruth Gemmell, Claudia Jessie, Jonathan Bailey, and Luke Thompson in “Bridgerton” (Season 2, ep. 201, aired March 25, 2022). ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I was quite surprised that Jill Biden watched it … she got asked about one of the sex episodes, and she was like, ‘yeah, I know about episode six’.”
“I really remember that and thinking like …. ‘Wow!’” he laughed.
Part 1 of Bridgerton season 4 (episodes 1-4) will likely be out there to stream on Netflix from January 29, with Part 2 (5-8) on February 26.
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