Luke Newton is all for taking phrases of knowledge from his Bridgerton co-stars. When ET’s Cassie DiLaura visited the set of the hit Netflix sequence, she chatted with the actor behind Colin Bridgerton, whose relationship with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) will take heart stage in season 3.
The present’s first two seasons adopted the love tales of Colin’s siblings, Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), as they fell for Simon (Regé-Jean Web page) and Kate (Simone Ashley), respectively. Within the wake of the profitable seasons, the actors behind the primary characters had been shot into superstardom, one thing Newton admitted is difficult “to even take into consideration.”
“I feel, in the meanwhile, I am so tunnel imaginative and prescient inside the present. I could not see something outdoors of it,” Newton instructed ET, earlier than sharing that he sought recommendation from the earlier main males.
“I checked in with Regé lately and I converse to Johnny on a regular basis. It is form of like passing down the information of what it is prefer to form of entrance the present,” he stated. “It is simply superb to see what everybody on this present has gone on to do straight after and the success of it. It is form of mind-blowing and nearly one thing I do not even wish to take into consideration.”
Season 3’s story will comply with a dramatic finish to the earlier installment, when Penelope overheard Colin saying he’d by no means dream of courting her.
“That was a tough scene to shoot… It was actually bizarre being so linked to that character, and notably the connection and friendship over the past two years after which to all of a sudden see that curveball second,” Newton stated. “I needed to actually try to justify that and the best way that he felt. That is what I used to be so enthusiastic about going into season 3, like, how we had been going to deal with that… There’s loads of battle that we have got to resolve earlier than we even transfer on.”
Going into season 3, Newton stated that “one of many actually enjoyable elements to play “is the steadiness between how Penelope feels about Colin and likewise and the way he feels about her.”
“They have this superb friendship,” he famous. “… I feel we actually dive in and we do discover his function in serving to her discover her match.”
That journey might not take the viewers down the street they count on, Newton teased.
“All of us speculate for an entire 12 months what it is gonna be like subsequent 12 months… however nobody may guess how this season was gonna go… We’re actually excited by it,” he stated, earlier than teasing whether or not or not Colin and Penelope are endgame.
“There are moments once I assume followers will query that, and possibly there will likely be a little bit of a curveball and they may not need what they wished beforehand,” he stated. “… It is simply so thrilling.”
From his perspective, although, Newton stated he’d “should again” Colin and Penelope as an ideal match.
“I’ve to. I can not need their tales to go every other manner than how they’re meant,” he stated. “I am such a fan of the present and a fan of that friendship and relationship.”
The ups and downs of the season, Newton stated, will enable viewers to see a brand new aspect of each Colin and Penelope.
“It is all about development and development inside their relationship themselves, but additionally self-development, how they’ve grown up somewhat bit in the summertime that we’ve not seen,” he stated. “It was actually thrilling to return again and really feel like there was a brand new aspect to Colin I obtained to play. It wasn’t simply standard Colin that I obtained to do for 2 years. It was nice to return again and have a bit extra rugged and mysterious aspect to him, which is enjoyable.”
The first 4 episodes of season 3 will premiere on Netflix on Could 16. The ultimate three episodes of the season will start streaming on June 13.
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