Rege-Jean Page Explains Why He Won’t Return to ‘Bridgerton’: There’s ‘Value’ in ‘Sticking the Landing’

usmagazine.com:

Never part of the plan. Despite becoming a huge star thanks to Netflix’s Bridgerton — so much so that he landed the coveted spot as Saturday Night Live host two months after the show’s release — Regé-Jean Page will not return for the second season.

In fact, he never planned to.“It’s a one-season arc. It’s going to have a beginning, middle, end – give us a year,” the actor, 31, told Variety following the Friday, April 2, announcement that he will not return.The Mortal Engines actor explained that he spoke with the Shondaland producers after he worked with them on the short-lived ABC series For the People and felt that doing one season of a new show was appealing.“[I thought] ‘That’s interesting,’ because then it felt like a limited series,”