Simon Hastings: Last News

Regé-Jean Page's return to , the star behind the Duke of Hastings is not getting back on the horse. The actor, who brought Simon Hastings to life on the small screen in Shonda Rhimes' hit series, shot down speculation that he was heading back to the show after he was spotted with the second season's star, Jonathan Bailey, in Milan during Fashion Week. «The boys are back in town,» he captioned a photo of the two together on Instagram.  "(No, I’m not going back to the show btw — the papers made that one up.)," he added, setting any budding rumors to rest a year after his exit was announced in 2021. «But we had the best, and most stylish, catch up I’ve had in a while over some truly excellent Italian coffee and sunshine.»As for Bailey, he stole hearts -- including Simone Ashley's Kate Sharma  -- as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the second season of the show.

Sorry to break it to you, but Regé-Jean Page doesn’t “burn for you.” But Phoebe Dynevor does.

Regé-Jean Page doesn't «burn for you.» But Phoebe Dynevor does. Though fans collectively remember Page's Simon Hastings uttering 's most famous four words — «I burn for you» — on his and Daphne’s wedding night, Page is setting the record straight. «I do not say, 'I burn for you.' It's not my line!» he says on 's, clarifying that it's indeed Dynevor's Daphne who delivers the line in the series' fifth episode, «The Duke and I.» «Everyone clearly was feeling very burned for, which I’ll take as a compliment,» he adds. Daphne says the line after Simon assumes he «burns» for someone who does not feel the same.

While it might be a while before it comes to our screens, fans are already excited about the release of the second season of the hugely popular Bridgerton on Netflix.

Many of us have spent the last month making our way through almost everything we can possibly watch on Netflix.