EXCLUSIVE: Newcomer Charithra Chandran has landed the role of Edwina in Season 2 of Bridgerton, Netflix and Shondaland’s hugely popular Regency-era period drama series based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels, I have learned.
Rupert Young (Merlin) also has been tapped for a major new role on the series, created by Casper Van Dusen, I hear.The British duo join a fellow new Bridgerton cast addition, Season 2 female lead Simone Ashley.
Reps for Shondaland and Netflix declined comment.Next season, slated to begin production this spring in the UK, will chronicle the pursuit of a suitable marriage for the eldest Bridgerton sibling, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), as chronicled in the second book of Quinn’s Bridgerton series, The Viscount Who Loved Me.Ash
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