Second series is a ’ton hotter...
BRIDGERTON actress Adjoa Andoh has promised the second series of the raunchy Netflix period drama will be as hot, if not hotter, as the first.
That’s despite leading man Regé- Jean Page not returning as the Duke of Hastings.
The show launched last Christmas Day and became the mostwatched in Netflix history with 82 million and counting tuning in.
Thanks to Regé’s romps with Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne Bridgerton) he has been tipped to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond and is signed up to bring back The Saint franchise.
Adjoa, whose character Lady Danbury was the Duke’s confidante, says: “I love Regé, and at a professional level miss acting with him but we’re still in touch and going to be in each other’s lives. He’s going to do brilliant things and I’ll cheer him on but I don’t know if he’ll be able to do Bond.
“We have Jonathan Bailey (Anthony Bridgerton) heading up the show now and he will be fabulous too.”
At a time when we all needed some glamour and escapism, Bridgerton delivered in spades but the cast — also including Derry Girls’ Nicola Coughlan — have yet to really celebrate their success due to Covid.
Adjoa added: “It was a phenomenon while we were all stuck indoors, so it was like: ‘Hurrah — but I’m still in my pyjamas’.
“It had a wide embrace and showed it doesn’t matter which race you are, sexuality, what you feel about politics, you can watch this show and go: ‘Will they? Won’t they? That’s a nice castle’.”
Shooting on the second series has occasionally been halted due to the pandemic, but the show will go on.