Netflix’s Regency drama Bridgerton snuck some news at the end of a Tudum video featurette that had Luke Newton (Colin Brdgerton) and Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton) chatting about their characters while painting each other’s portraits.
They were eventually joined by Nicola Coughlan (Penelope Featherington aka Lady Whistledown) who picked up the script for Season 301 — that was conveniently lying around — and read its opening lines.Every episode of Shondaland’s Bridgerton opens and closes with Lady Whistledown (Julie Andrews) setting up the stage/summing up the developments.
That is done on a larger scale at the start of each season premiere.Here is the opening of Episode 301, titled Out of the Shadows, written by new Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell and directed by Tricia Brock.Dearest gentle reader,We’ve been apart for far too long.
At last, London’s smart set has made its return, and so too has this author. As the season begins, the question on everyone’s mind, of course, is, which newly minted debutante will shine the brightest.
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