Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey Reflects on ‘Embarrassing’ Moment His ‘Crotch Ripped’ on Set
usmagazine.comWhoops! Anthony Bridgerton [Jonathan Bailey] may be the most desirable in the marriage mart, but the 33-year-old actor isn’t always as smooth as his on-screen character.
It turns out, the star actually had quite the “embarrassing” wardrobe malfunction while doing a fencing scene — and it was all caught on camera. “Obviously the costumes were incredible across the board and as men we didn’t have to worry about restricted clothing like the women in their corsets.
However, the fencing outfits were quite tight in various places,” he joked during a press event earlier this week. “On the day of the fencing sequence, we were wearing plimsolls on grass and it was a very dewy morning.” After setting the scene, Bailey revealed that as he lunged toward Benedict Bridgerton [Luke Thompson], his “crotch ripped.” He added: “There was that moment when I suddenly realized I was being filmed by four different cameras and sort of screamed … it was just so embarrassing.” Bailey isn’t the only main character to run into a problem with wardrobe.
Breakout star Simone Ashley, who plays Kate Sharma in season two, actually tore her shoulder from the constraints of her corset. “I had a lot of pain with the corset,” she told Glamour UK.
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