“Bridgeton”
Newcomer in the third season
Hannah New became known through “Black Sails”.
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The Bridgerton cast is getting a new addition: Hannah New will be seen in season three. She will take on that role.
Hannah New (38) will join the “Bridgerton” cast. That reports “Deadline”. The British actress will play Lady Tilley Arnold, a hot-tempered widow, in the Netflix hit. “Widowed at a young age, she enjoys the privilege and power that comes with being head of her husband’s estate and living a life on her own terms with financial independence and sexual freedom,” the announcement said.
New confirmed their cast at Instagram and wrote: “I feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of this dream team! I can’t wait for you to meet Lady Tilley Arnold. I couldn’t ask for a more fabulous, impressive, fun and sexy woman to play with! Truly stuff , one dreams of! Thanks to all who bring it to life.” New was seen in the series “Black Sails” from 2014 to 2017, in 2014 she starred in the Disney film “Maleficent – The Dark Fairy”.
The third season “Bridgerton”, which is currently in production, is particularly about the love life of Lady Whistledown or Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan, 35) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton, 29), as the actress announced in mid-May would have. Taking to Instagram, she wrote: “Like Lady Whistledown, I’ve been keeping a pretty big secret for a while… But I can finally tell you that Season 3 of ‘Bridgerton’ will be the story of Colin and Penelope.”
What’s new in season three
In May it was also announced that Hannah Dodd (27) will replace her colleague Ruby Stokes as Francesca Bridgerton. Stokes will instead appear in the Netflix series Lockwood & Co. Actors Daniel Francis, Sam Phillips and James Phoon are also new to the cast, according to a report by industry magazine Variety. Francis will play the charismatic Marcus Anderson, Phillips will play the wealthy Lord Debling and Phoon will play Harry Dankworth.