“Bridgeton”
So it goes on for Daphne without the duke
The second season of “Bridgerton” starts on March 25 – without Regé-Jean Page.
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Regé-Jean Page is no longer part of “Bridgerton”. His serial wife Phoebe Dynevor has now revealed what will happen to his role.
Regé-Jean Page (34) will no longer appear as Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, in the Netflix series “Bridgerton”. Apparently his character does. On March 25, the successful show will start its second season. Simon’s wife, Duchess Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor, 26), will then stand by her brother.
“Daphne remains an important part of our story. She is a devoted wife now and of course still a loyal sister to her seven siblings,” explains series creator Chris Van Dusen on “Entertainment Weekly”. He added that Daphne will be helping her brother Anthony (Jonathan Bailey, 33) in season two. He is looking for a bride in the new ball season. It’s the reverse of season one when Anthony stuck his nose into Daphne’s affairs. Daphne will now take revenge, Van Dusen promises.
New role for Daphne
Actress Phoebe Dynevor added, “Daphne has become the adult of the family. She has found what she was looking for – she has had a baby, she is a wife and a mother.” The naive, young woman from the first season has become a self-confident person: “She leads the family,” says Dynevor: “She is the rock of the siblings this season, which is very nice to play.” Daphne now knows “what love is and what marriage means, and she tries to pass this knowledge on to Anthony”.
In addition, in season two, fans see a Daphne who is “a lot more relaxed,” explains the 26-year-old. “She comes back into the house completely relieved and ready to have fun and let off some steam.”
Stress between Penelope and Eloise?
The friendship between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan, 35) and Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie, 32) is apparently less happy. Claudia Jessie reveals to “Entertainment Weekly” about the new episodes that her character’s determination to expose Lady Whistledown will drive a wedge between the friends. Viewers have known since the season one finale that Penelope had been pulling the strings all along as Lady Whistledown…
The uncomplicated friendship between the two women is apparently being put to the test: “They are getting older and they have secrets. It will shake them both,” says Jessie. Her colleague Coughlan added that it “will be frustrating for Eloise to learn that Penelope does all the things she wants to do and that she has a voice and power and can change things”.
Penelope thinks Eloise is “the funniest, smartest and best person in the world” – Whistledown is primarily there to impress her, Coughlan continues. The actress also acknowledged that Penelope’s motives aren’t always kind: “Hurt people hurt people,” she said, “People don’t treat her well.” Through Whistledown she can steer and move things at will. After all, many people depend on the judgment of the mysterious gossip columnist in the series, which is set in Regency-era London…