SHE’S the relatively unknown beauty thrust into the spotlight as the leading lady in Bridgerton’s second series – a casting that has catapulted her to overnight stardom.
As Lady Kate Sharma, the stunning love interest for hunky Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix period drama, Simone Ashley’s ground-breaking appearance has already broken the mould as one of the first Asian actresses to slip into Regency costume for a period role.
But the 27-year-old jokes that hauling herself into figure enhancing corsets has proved an even greater challenge than breaking boundaries – quipping: “I realise if you wear a corset, you just don’t eat.” Laughing at her own naivety, Simone admits she ordered a big breakfast ahead of her debut on set only to discover it was an epic error or judgment.
She said: “On my first day, I was like, “OK, first day as a leading lady, got to eat lots of food, be really energised. "So, I had this massive portion of salmon and that’s when I needed to be sick, basically because I was wearing the corset. “I realised when you wear the corset, you just don’t eat.
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