‘Bridgerton’ Season Two Review: Netflix’s Record-Breaking Regency Romance Returns With A Slower But More Satisfying Burn

Bridgerton season three has already been confirmed but it has not yet been announced who will be leading the new series.The star of season two, Jonathan Bailey, has opened up to Express.co.uk and other media about how he already has some advice for them.As fans will know, Jonathan plays Anthony Bridgerton in the show, who is the focus of the second season’s love story.He finds himself swept up in a love triangle with Kate Sharma (played by Simone Ashley) and Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) as the series picks up.This shifts the focus away from the first season, which focused on Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page).Season three is set to do the same as it focuses on another of the Bridgerton family.While it has not yet been confirmed who’ll be taking over, Jonathan has opened up about his advice.The actor explained all at the press conference for the show last week.Speaking about being the lead, he said: "Obviously, we’ve got amazing actors all around the series.“So actually it didn’t feel at all like stepping into a role with a massive amount of pressure.“Everyone has so much and we are all a family.“And the knowledge of knowing how we’re going to pass the baton on forward [is exciting].“I've got a little notebook for whoever is next to read.“It could be Will Tilson getting married at a very young age!"Will is the star who plays the second youngest of the Bridgerton family, Gregory Bridgerton.Jonathan went on to add how he’s sure they’ll all keep supporting each other as the show goes on.He added: “It’s a big group effort and I just think that it’s such a once in a lifetime opportunity to be cast in a family like this.“We move as a unit and so the pressure was…“I mean, obviously

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Telling a different story. Jonathan Bailey addressed the decision to scale back on the sex scenes during season 2 of Bridgerton — and for the actor, it felt like the right choice considering the circumstances.

This Morning viewers were left in hysterics after Alison Hammond started fangirling over Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey on the show Friday. Presented by 47 year old Alison and her co-host Dermot O'Leary, Jonathan was invited on the ITV show to discuss his role on the Netflix period drama's second season. Jonathan, 33, who plays eldest sibling Anthony Bridgerton, also caught the giggles as he struggled to keep his composure watching Alison get excited over his character's sex scenes on the hugely-popular Shondaland hit.Trying to keep her voice serious while talking about the show, Alison said: "Can we just go back to the shaky shaky situation," as she referred to Anthony and Kate Sharma's intimate moments.

This Morning turned awkward when Alison Hammond became starry eyed as she fan-girled over Bridgerton hunk Jonathan Bailey on Friday's programme (April 1). At one point in the show, TV star Dermot O'Leary was left with his head in his hands after Alison thought the actor was about to get closer to her on the sofa.Alison laughed as she told Jonathan: "Oh I thought you were going to come over and show me then," as the star – better known for his role as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix smash hit – moved his leg into a more comfortable position.While Dermot seemed to be a touch embarrassed with his co-star's actions, fans on Twitter went wild hailing Alison as a "legend"."P***ing myself at Alison's reaction to everything Jonathan Bailey is doing, because SAME GIRL," laughed one person."Alison Hammond is f***ing hilarious absolute legend," giggled another.A third agreed: "Alison just makes me smile and laugh so much.

Bridgerton season two was released last week on Netflix as it shifted the focus to the eldest sibling, Anthony Bridgerton (played by Jonathan Bailey).Speaking to Express.co.uk and other media, the actor behind the role opened up about filming the series, including an “embarrassing” moment on set when his trousers ripped.Jonathan was quizzed at the show’s press conference last week about behind the scenes moments.He shared one particularly embarrassing moment while filming the fencing scene in season two.As fans of the Netflix show will recall, in episode two, Anthony fences with his brothers, Colin (Luke Newton) and Benedict (Luke Thompson).The scene sees him fuming over his interactions with Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley).However, it seems while filming the scene, he had an issue where his trousers split.Explaining what happened, Jonathan said: “The fencing sequence brought about its complications.“But the fencing outfits were quite tight in various places and we were wearing plimsolls on quite a dewy morning on grass.“Going in for my final lunge with Benedict, my crotch ripped and it was all on camera.”The actor went on to admit how embarrassing he found the moment.He added: “It’s just in those moments where you suddenly realise that you’re being filmed by 400 cameras.“I sort of screamed, ‘This is so embarrassing.'”Luke Newton and Luke Thompson also reacted by laughing about the moment.However, the actor was also quick to add that they would never complain about tight outfits amid the female actors wearing corsets.He said: "As men, we’re not going to complain about restrictive clothing when we’re sat with the women and their corsets.”Elsewhere at the press conference, Jonathan opened up about how he found filming the

Bridgerton star Simone Ashley helped promote and celebrate Asian culture with a special Netflix dinner... where she also revealed her character's fate for Season 3.The 27-year-old Surrey UK native, who plays Viscountess Kate Bridgerton, stunned in white while hosting the event atArth Bar & Kitchen Wednesday in Culver City.She also confirmed to Deadlinethat she will return for Season 3, along with her on-screen husband Viscount Anthony (Jonathan Bailey).

Simone Ashley stuns in a chic white ensemble during the Bridgerton Dinner celebrating South Asian culture held at Arth Bar & Kitchen on Tuesday night (March 29) in Culver City, Calif.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday where she confessed to the host that she's not only given herself, but also a number of her castmates, . Ashley explained that it all started at the beginning of the pandemic while she was in lockdown in Los Angeles. Like everyone else at the time, she was “making banana bread, tie-dying, all of that kind of stuff,” when she “thought it would be a good idea” to buy a tattoo gun.

Two fan-favourites are returning for season three of “Bridgerton”.

Bridgerton character for an audience of millions to psychically and sexually imprint upon. The absence of Simon, Duke of Hastings () in the romantic fantasy-scape that is Bridgerton.

Going back in time! Following the success of Netflix’s Bridgerton series, it wasn’t long before creator Shonda Rhimes invested in Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) on a larger scale.

Charithra Chandran is currently starring in the much-anticipated series two of Bridgerton.The 25-year-old plays Edwina Sharma in the Regency era drama and Netflix smash. While the first season of Bridgerton focused on Daphne Bridgerton's (Phoebe Dynevor) romance with the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), the second instalment focuses on the eldest Bridgerton sibling, Anthony Bridgerton's quest to find love. Charithra's character Edwina Sharma features in the show as a potential love interest for heartthrob Anthony, played by Jonathan Bailey.

Bridgerton is still reigning on the Netflix charts!

Bridgerton's Simone Ashley has told how she gave herself a tattoo over lockdown using instructions from a prison inmate's online tutorial.

Dearest reader: Don’t try this at home. During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday, “Bridgerton” season 2 star Simone Ashley confirmed she has tried her hand at tattooing.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Bridgerton” Season 2 was viewed for 193 million hours over its debut weekend, per Netflix’s newly released Top 10 rankings for the week of March 21-27. That impressive three-day viewership is a record-breaker, as “Bridgerton” Season 2 is now the most-watched Netflix English-language TV title in its premiere weekend in the streamer’s history.Naturally, the second season of “Bridgerton” landed in the No.

Simone Ashley confirmed she has tried her hand at tattooing.As she recalled to host Jimmy Kimmel, the 26-year-old British actress was in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 lockdown and, while she tried out the more standard pandemic activities like making banana bread and tie-dying, she eventually wanted to try her hand at tattoo art. Considering tattoo parlors were shuttered in the earliest days of the pandemic, Ashley turned to the internet, where she purchased a rotary pen «surprisingly» easily.A novice, she also leaned on the internet to learn what exactly to do. Cue YouTube videos.

Simone Ashley developed a unique skill during lockdown.

Bridgeton’s Simone Ashley hilariously revealed that she took tattoo tips from a prison inmates’ YouTube channel and, to be fair, the result isn’t too shabby. The 26-year-old actress provided a personal insight into how she kept herself occupied during the pandemic. And after attempting the regular stuff like ‘making banana bread’ and learning how to ‘tie-dye’, the star turned her attention elsewhere.

Bridgerton actress Simone Ashley has admitted that she gave herself a DIY tattoo after watching a YouTube video from a prison inmate.Simone, who has also starred in Netflix’s sex positive show Sex Education, told American talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel about her daring endeavour.After growing bored during lockdown she attempted the popular viral trends that circulated during 2020, including “making banana bread” and trying “tie-dye”.Her interest was piqued by the idea of giving herself a tattoo and she went looking for advice in some unconventional places.She told Kimmel: “I thought it would be a good idea to get my own tattoo pen with the needle. I didn’t need an ID, I didn’t need anything, I just clicked a button.”As tattoo shops were closed during the pandemic, the 26-year-old turned to the internet to learn how to set up her personal studio.“It started getting a bit deep and I was like: “Oh, this guy’s using some really interesting stuff,” and then I looked at the username and it was called prisontattoo.com.”The actress said she was shocked after she realised that the inmate was making videos in prison and thought it was a “fab idea” to do it herself.The usual DIY style is known as stick and poke tattooing, where the tattooist uses needles and ink to make the markings.