‘Queen Charlotte’ Actor Corey Mylchreest Opens Up About The Challenges That Came With Filming Intense Mental Health Scenes For ‘Bridgerton’ Spinoff
etcanada.comSpoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”. “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”, now streaming on Netflix, tackles King George III’s mental health struggle, and actor Corey Mylchreest — who portrays the young royal in the drama — has now spoken out about filming such scenes.
The “Bridgerton” spinoff tells the origin story of a young Charlotte (India Amarteifio) and her arranged marriage to George.
In real life, the King was never specifically diagnosed with a mental illness, but it’s been reported that he suffered multiple bouts of quite severe mental illness during his time on the throne. “The series in itself is like a different beast,” Mylchreest told Variety of the spinoff. “It feels like ‘Bridgerton’ but it has maybe darker moments to it, and it’s a little bit grittier.
So it feels like its own thing.” READ MORE: ‘Queen Charlotte’: Shonda Rhimes, Cast On ‘Bridgerton’ Prequel Not Shying Away From Race He added of George’s mental illness, “As a show, we don’t diagnose him, but as an actor, I simply had to make a decision.
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