It had to happen! Shonda Rhimes was shocked that fans were so upset Regé-Jean Page left Bridgerton — even though his character was only supposed to be around for one season.“I don’t think I fully expected or understood what releasing all eight episodes around the globe at once was going to do,” the producer, 51, told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, May 12. “I was like, ‘I’ve killed many a man that people adore.’ I’m so surprised that everybody is [losing it over a character we’ve watched] for eight episodes leaving.”Last month, the official Bridgerton Twitter account announced that Page, 31, was leaving the series ahead of its second season.
Read more on usmagazine.com