While followers are anxiously ready for Bridgerton season 3, Netflix supplied a particular glimpse at Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington’s difficult journey.
“Is Penelope done with yellow dresses? This season Penelope returns to London determined to become a new woman with a new independence and a new determination,” the actress, 36, teased. “I can promise you quite the scandalous season, and we cannot wait to take you along for the carriage ride.”
Coughlan added, “We open our season with the ton’s return from the countryside, and Penelope gets herself a whole new look. Colin Bridgerton has returned from his travels in France, Spain and Italy — and his new look is not too bad either. Both Colin and Pen have done some growing up, and only time will tell how their friendship will develop. For book fans, you may have an idea, but I can promise you are in for a magical and romantic season.”
Netflix has not but introduced a launch date for Bridgerton season 3.
The hit sequence, which relies on the e-book sequence written by Julia Quinn, arrange Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope’s love story in earlier seasons. After Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) discovered his fortunately ever after with Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) in season 2, Penelope’s private life took a success when she heard Colin telling his pals that he wasn’t romantically eager about her.
Things received much more difficult when Penelope’s greatest pal Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) found that she was truly Lady Whistledown.
Shortly after the sophomore season premiered, Newton, 30, defined why Colin and Penelope’s sluggish development from pals to lovers labored for the fictional couple.
“We’re trying to cover all types of relationships,” he informed Shondaland in March 2022. “And there are some relationships that are heavy in the beginning, and it’s just so intense. And then there are some where people are best friends, and over the years they become lovers.”
The Netflix star went on to gush over Colin and Penelope’s future connection, including, “There are so many other characters that are introduced and love stories that we’ve seen through the last two seasons that have developed quite quickly, or that there’s been an instant spark, an instant connection. We as viewers see that immediately. But what I love about Colin and Penelope is the longevity of the relationship and how long it’s taken to get to even where it is now, which is not even considered a relationship. I really enjoy playing that.”
Coughlan, 36, for her half, famous that Penelope would wish to develop as a personality earlier than getting right into a relationship.
“If they are eventually going to end up together, she’s got to stop idolizing him so much,” the actress informed TV Insider in April 2022. “She thinks he’s perfect. He cannot do any wrong in her eyes. So, she has to start seeing him as a real human being and not this perfect boy. The playing field definitely needs to level for the two of them ever to have a relationship. Well, let’s hope that’s going to happen.”
After Netflix confirmed the central couple for season 3, new showrunner Jess Brownell weighed in on what followers can count on.
“I really feel like it’s Colin and Penelope’s time. Because we’ve been watching both of these actors on our screens since Season 1, we’ve already invested in them a little bit. We know who they are as people,” Brownell informed Variety in May 2022. “I feel like, especially in the last season, there are these moments of tension between them where it’s like, Colin walks up to the line of almost realizing that Penelope has feelings for him but doesn’t quite get there. Instead of treading water on that dynamic, we wanted to push it into their season. It really felt like the perfect moment to tee it up.”
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