‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the most watched English-language series on Netflix.
Bridgerton is most streamed English language series on Netflix.
The new run of the period drama – which is set during the Regency era of London and is based on the book series of the same name by Julia Quinn – has amassed more than 627.11 million hours of total watched minutes on the streaming service, beating the record set by its debut series.
According to The Wrap, ‘Bridgerton’ – which was created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes – had its watch time increased by 66.7 million hours.
The cast includes Simone Ashley, Nicola Coughlan, Charithra Chandran and Jonathan Bailey, among many others.
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Simone recently discussed her character Kate Sharma – the elder sister to Charitha Chandra’s Edwina – claiming her alter ego meets her “match” in Lord Anthony Bridgerton, played by Jonathan.
The 27-year-old actress told ELLE magazine: “I think she and Anthony mirror each other in that sense, because he’s always in charge, and then they kind of meet their match. I think a lot of people can relate to that type of relationship, where there’s a feeling so strong with someone, and maybe it initiates as, ‘Oh my God, I hate you.”
The former ‘Sex Education’ star added that she “100 per cent” took from her own life to relate to Kate.
She said: “All I’ve ever really known is moving around and being on my own, but in the most positive way. I enjoy it. And I think that this character, in particular, has a life where she’s had to be on her own quite a bit.”
In response to criticism about Season Two’s lack of steamy love scenes – like the ones between Daphne Bridgerton and Simon, the Duke of Hastings, in Season One, played by Phoebe Dynevor and Rene-Jean Page respectively – Jonathan defended the show, insisting there are as many as the plot requires.
The 33-year-old actor said: “It would have been wrong for Kate and Anthony to have got physical any sooner than they did.”
He added: “What you lose in sex scenes you gain in a deeper human understanding, which hopefully enriches the world so that the future intimacy scenes won’t be the heavy feature, and [you] won’t have to lean on them as much. It’s right to surprise an audience and keep them on their toes a bit.”
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