Bridgerton s producer, Shona Rhimes, has made diversity her calling card
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It’s the series that has turned period drama on its head and it’s given everyone something to smile about this January. In its first two weeks on Netflix,
Bridgerton was streamed by an incredible 63 million households across the globe, making it the streaming platform’s fifth most successful show ever. But what has this instantaneous success meant for the stars of the show, most of whom have become household names almost overnight?
“It is so unreal for us all right now – we’re all trying to keep our feet firmly grounded,” says Kathryn Drysdale, the Wigan-born actress who plays society milliner extraordinaire Genevieve Delacroix.
15 historical romance series Hollywood should adapt after Bridgerton
After watching Bridgerton, we d love to see Hollywood turn these 15 other historical romance book series into TV shows. https://t.co/POC8l3bXez Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 26, 2020
Bridgerton follows Daphne (Phoebe Dyvenor) as she embarks on a fake relationship with Simon, the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), only to end up falling for him. The Regency-era romantic drama is based on a series of romance novels by Julia Quinn.
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Sarah MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels and Bareknuckle Bastards series
Rules of Scoundrels series is about four owners of a 19th century casino and each has a shadowy past they must overcome. Bareknuckle Bastards is about three individuals who have built themselves an empire.