The period drama produced by Shonda Rhimes became the most recent show worthy of mention and put tongues on top of everything from the diversity of the cast (British Queen Charlotte is black and played by actress Golda Rosheuvel) to whether there will be a second season.
But the spicy sex scenes also caught the audience’s attention and, according to one of the stars of the show, creating them was not as easy as it looked.
“And it was so good, because I felt safe and fun: you choreographed like an acrobatics or a dance,” she said. “It’s crazy that this hasn’t happened in the past. I’ve done sex scenes before and I can’t believe I did: it was only five or six years ago, but it wouldn’t be allowed now.”
Based on the 2000 novel “The Duke and I”, written by novelist Julia Quinn, the main plot of the series includes an interracial “they will or won’t” relationship between young Miss Bridgerton and a duke, Simon Basset, played by British – Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page.
Dynevor said that Page was a “perfect cast” and had a message for those who think that having black characters in a regency-era series is unrealistic.
“Will Mondrick, the boxer, is based on a real boxer at the time,” she said. “And there were many rumors – and many historians still say – that Queen Charlotte was of mixed race. The fact that we haven’t seen these stories before seems insane to me.”
And those who are really waiting for more seasons can be excited about the fact that showrunner Chris Van Dusen has enough background material to work on while Quinn wrote a series of “Bridgerton” books.