Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutBridgertonseason 2.
Fandom has its pros and cons.
Some fans even went so far as to photoshop Chandran out ofBridgertonkey art that featured the central trio.
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I don’t know what to say, like, I can’t lie.
Edwina is in love with Anthony in the show.
They do have a connection.
“The reality is, the TV show is so nuanced,” she adds.
“It’s so complicated and you don’t see a catfight between the sisters.
You see Edwina being hostile with Kate because she loves Kate more.
That’s my reaction.
It’s like, ‘I don’t care about you anymore.
Just go away.’
Whereas with Kate, it’s a more painful situation because they are closer.
It’s a product of love, not a product of hate.”
Was that a pleasant surprise to you coming in?
CHARITHRA CHANDRAN:One hundred percent.
I want her to be her own person and to have her own plot and narrative."
Why do you think Edwina is so blind initially to Kate and Anthony’s attraction to each other?
It’s the same situation.
It wouldn’t register.
You don’t look for something that you think is impossible.
I don’t look for elephants to be able to fly, right?
I’s the impossible, so why would she observe it?
Episode 6, with the wedding, feels like we get to see Edwina come into her own.
Was that empowering for you to film?
How did you navigate the emotional gauntlet of that episode?
Taking it day by day honestly.
I wasn’t nervous at all.
Tom Verica, who directed that episode, is so great to work with.
He really held my hand through it.
Was that always a part of the script?
Or how did it come to be, and what was filming that like?
That was one of my favorite scenes to film.
Because you really see Edwina’s power, her goodness, her strength.
This is beneath me."
There’s a part of it that’s that.
It would be the fairy tale the diamond marries the Viscount and she loves the idea of it.
But we have to remember that Edwina loves Anthony because Anthony has pretended to be Edwina’s perfect man.
He’s put on this show so that Edwina will fall in love with him.
So, of course she does.
He’s perfectly curated for her.
I’m so touched by the bond between the sisters throughout the season.
We didn’t have to work at it too much.
It just naturally flowed.
you’ve got the option to only feel these things so deeply because it comes from love.
The foundation is always the same.
Did you miss having some of that here?
For sure, just because I would have loved to spend more time with Nic and Clauds.
I would have loved to have more scenes with them.
Maybe in the future, who knows?
But I get it, because there are so many stories that have to be filled.
The writers have such a tough job.
What was the most challenging scene for you to shoot?
I found episode 1 and 2 Edwina harder because she’s so much more different to me.
Because she could have easily just become quite vapid and a caricature.
That was hard, and hopefully, I’ve done a good job.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
