“But I do love him for it, this fixation on honor.
I think it’s very interesting.”
You have always been so constant and loyal, Pen."
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He’s in a tough spot, being the third son.
BETSY: Yes, he wants to be a savior, to be gallant.
you’re able to really see his chest swell when he rescues the Featheringtons.
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What do you think that’s about?
But I do love him for it, this fixation on honor.
I think it’s very interesting.
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SHONDA: Yet that’s a central theme ofBridgerton:There are no secrets in the ton.
LUKE NEWTON: I think we all auditioned for the dukethe scene where the duke is promenading with Daphne.
Then I auditioned for Colin.
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That’s when I really started to fall in love with the project.
I did the same scene five or six different ways.
When it was time to do that scene for the real thing, it was a surreal moment.
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LUKE NEWTON ON COLIN BRIDGERTON: Colin is really stuck in the middle.
He doesn’t really like that and doesn’t feel like he should be.
I think theideaof that was a lot more romantic and attractive to him than how he actually felt.
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He’s probably taking too much responsibility, though, simply because he wants to be a man.
It’s this “What’s next?
What do I do next?”
feeling, which makes him talk about his travels to anyone who will listen.
They really have an intimate moment geeking out together.
But imagine being responsible for what everyone’s wearing.
Because of this, there’s practically no adornment at alljust color and shape and Daphne!
Her accessories are tiny, nothing is overdone or overblown.
She’s just a breath of beauty.
And her hair and makeup were designed to channel Audrey Hepburn inWar and Peace.
“It’s funny looking back at early versions, because we really reimagined Daphne.
(Those aspirations would later be given to Eloise.)
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Excerpted fromInside Bridgertonby Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers.
Excerpted with the permission of Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Copyright 2022 by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers.
Inside Bridgertonwill be published by Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books on October 25, and isavailable for preordernow.
