December 31, 2020 | 12:22 pm
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Actor Regé-Jean Page has been the talk of the town since Netflix launched its regency-era romance series “Bridgerton” at Christmas. As well as Lady Whistledown, we are pouring all the tea you need to know about this protagonist.
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One of the 30-year-old actor’s greatest hits was in the hit mini-series “Roots”.
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Page was born in Britain and divided his time between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe, according to InStyle. Currently, he goes back and forth between London and Los Angeles.
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It is not Page’s first time in Shondaland. He previously starred in Rhimes’ short ABC series, “For The People”.
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The “Mortal Engines” star says his passion for acting came from “not being very good at anything else”, he admitted during “Queue and A.” from Netflix.
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He had no idea that “Bridgerton” was a series of books before getting the role of Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings. “This is one of the best selling genres in the world. I look forward to exploring this world a little more,” he told Netflix.
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He’s a music buff. When it comes to what he hears on set, he said: “It will be Deftones at one point, it will be Vivaldi the next, it will be Nina Simone the next moment. It really depends on what time and pace the needs of the moment versus where I am, and how to do it a little alchemy with that. ”
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He is realistic about the challenges of acting. In his “Queue and A” interview, he said: “The most difficult moments are the very subtle splinters and the wounds on the dinner table. When someone says something you can’t explode, you don’t understand to cry, just take that sting right in the rib cage and express it with an eyebrow movement or the way you cut the peas. ”
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He’s addicted to coffee. “I’m a caffeine being when I work. It’s an addiction, but when it comes to addictions, I accept it,” he said.
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After moving from “Bridgerton”, the actor is open to the possibilities of roles. “Something I still couldn’t imagine because it is so far from my experience that I could only discover it by surprise.” He added of his current role, “I didn’t even know it was a thing. I had no idea that this character could exist. That’s my part of the dream.”
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And while it is not known whether Page is single or lived in real life, he told Entertainment Weekly: “I’m a huge fan of romance as a concept. Romance is a wonderful thing and we need more of that in the world.”
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