“Her world has come crumbling down.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers for season 2 ofBridgerton.
Being Lady Whistledown isn’t always a walk in Hyde Park.
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’.Liam Daniel/Netflix
It pushes their friendship to the brink, and we’re still unsure how orwhen Peneloise might recover.
“She only gives it up for Eloise,” says Coughlan.
“That’s how much she loves her.
That’s the only person she’d give it up for.
“So everything was compacted together and my days were so crazy.
It was a real shock.
It gave me chills.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You mentioned that the only person Penelope would give up Whistledown for is Eloise.
Do you think Penelope doesn’t really know who she is without Whistledown at this point?
How hurtful for her is it to overhear what Colin says?
Might that finally dampen her crush on him a little bit?
Because that’s something taken directly from the books.
He says it to Anthony and Benedict in the book.
And he said, “We’ve put it in and taken it out multiple times.”
But I always felt like it was important because Penelope needs to realize Colin is a fallible human being.
He’s is not a god; he’s not an Adonis.
She’s got to see him flaws and all, and she currently doesn’t.
She’s definitely at her lowest point.
The three most important things in her life are Colin, Eloise, and Whistledown.
She thought she could keep all the plates spinning and, ultimately, she couldn’t.
But how aware do you think she was of any of that?
There’s a million things she could have done and decided not to.
She’s a teenager; what’s going on in her world is the most important thing.
What they’re up to is not the most interesting to her.
Oh, that’s tough.
I think it’s in that order.
It’s Eloise, Colin, and then her family.
She’s used to her family hurting her, so that’s just like par for the course.
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This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
