Making the function his personal. Freddie Dennis had fairly a problem on his fingers bringing Reynolds to life in Queen Charlotte — a personality that didn’t exist within the franchise’s unique sequence Bridgerton.
Dennis, who performs King George III’s (Corey Mylchreest) right-hand man, admitted he wasn’t aware of the favored regency present earlier than becoming a member of the solid.
“I’ve turn out to be a fan [of Bridgerton] since I obtained this job, I might say, however I really had not seen it previous to being supplied this function,” he instructed Netflix’s Tudum in April 2023. “However now I’m, sure, positively. I nonetheless haven’t learn the books although, please don’t inform [book author] Julia Quinn.”
In keeping with the actor, it was “barely overwhelming” to step into the Bridgerton universe. “I feel I’ve settled into the method actually, actually rapidly due to everybody being pretty,” he added, referring to his fellow solid members.
Queen Charlotte, which debuted in Might 2023, explored the origins of Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio) amid her organized marriage to King George III. The spinoff sequence additionally launched viewers to characters resembling younger Girl Danbury (Arsema Thomas) and younger Violet Bridgerton (Connie Jenkins-Greig).
One month prior, showrunner Shonda Rhimes teased the “fully new world” introduced within the present.
“We’re going again in time to a really totally different period of costume, customs, the way in which issues have been carried out,” the screenwriter defined in a behind-the-scenes featurette. “We’re at all times speaking about how Queen Charlotte and King George made this new England doable, the place we’re seeing built-in society and all people’s obtained titles. I needed to point out how that got here to be.”
Throughout an interview with Netflix’s Tudum, Rhimes elaborated on what followers can anticipate from the prequel. “I cherished delving into the romance between Charlotte and King George. I need folks to really feel like that is what occurs with actual love. Love is difficult. Love is tough. Love has many layers,” she stated on the time. “The concept the pleased ending that we at all times discuss for characters doesn’t must be the plain one.”
The chief producer promised “energy” and “actual love” could be the primary themes of the present.
In the meantime, government producer Betsy Beers addressed the choice to have two totally different timelines. “The first time interval of the sequence is Georgian England, when King George was the king of England,” Beers shared. “We even have entire sections which occur in present-day Bridger-verse.”
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