119 Fun Facts About Bridgerton

Which wallflower is revealed at the end of Bridgerton's first season to be the anonymous gossip columnist Lady Whistledown?

Penelope Featherington's secret is given away in season one, something the novels hold back until the fourth book; Eloise, her best friend, is the one hunting Whistledown.

Which retired boxer opens a gentlemen's club in Bridgerton?

Will Mondrich takes the money from one last, thrown fight and opens his club with it; the character is modelled on Bill Richmond, a real Black boxing star of Georgian London.

What killed Edmund Bridgerton, the siblings' father, years before Bridgerton begins?

A bee sting killed him within moments, while his eldest son looked on; years later, a bee stinging the woman that son loves reduces the grown man to panic.

In Bridgerton, characters speak constantly of 'the ton'; what does the term mean?

Fashionable high society: the word is simply the French for 'tone' or style, borrowed into English in the eighteenth century for the people who set the fashion.

Lord Debling, a season 3 suitor, is a conservationist devoted to which extinct bird?

The great auk was still alive when the season is set: the flightless North Atlantic seabird was hunted for another three decades, until the last known pair was killed off Iceland in 1844.

Who created Bridgerton for Shonda Rhimes's company and ran its first two seasons?

Chris Van Dusen had spent seven years on Grey's Anatomy before creating the show; after two seasons he handed it on to one of his own writers.

With which greeting does Lady Whistledown open her society papers in Bridgerton?

Dearest gentle reader: by season four even the Queen, who once sent agents to catch the writer, is delighted to hear the familiar opening read aloud.

Which artist introduces the second Bridgerton son to the bohemian underworld in season 1?

Henry Granville draws him into a freer world of artists and models; there the painter confides that his own marriage is a shield for his love affair with another man.

What is the name of the grand country estate owned by the Bridgerton family?

Aubrey Hall is where the siblings fight out their fiercely contested annual game of pall-mall; season two ends with the newly married heir and his bride joining the match.

What does Lord Hawkins unveil to a crowd in season 3 of Bridgerton?

A hot-air balloon is Lord Hawkins's showpiece; at its launch two rival debutantes feign a love of nature to impress the same suitor, and a Bridgerton brother meets a forthright widow.

How does Daphne stop Lord Berbrooke when he grabs her in the garden in Bridgerton?

Punches him out cold: one blow floors him, and Simon, who has watched it all, is impressed enough to propose their pretend courtship on the spot.

Which actress narrates Bridgerton as its anonymous society columnist?

Julie Andrews records the narration 'far, far away' from the set; she said in 2022 that she had never met the cast in person and only saw them on screen.

What is Daphne Bridgerton declared at the start of her first social season?

The Queen's diamond is anointed with a single word, 'Flawless'; then her protective eldest brother frightens off almost every suitor the title attracts.

What does Simon Basset swear to the dying parent who had disowned him?

Never to father an heir: the old man cared only about his line, so his son promises it will die with him, a secret that almost wrecks his marriage to Daphne.

Which institution accepts Benedict as an art student in season 2 of Bridgerton?

The Royal Academy admits him to its Schools; the triumph sours when he learns that a donation from his eldest brother probably secured the place.

Where does Colin finally declare his love in season 3 of Bridgerton, moments before proposing?

In a moving carriage, after he chases it down the street; when it pulls up outside his family's house he steps down and proposes on the spot.

Which English city stood in for many of Bridgerton's London street scenes?

Bath lends the show its Royal Crescent and the Holburne Museum, which plays Lady Danbury's house; the city now sells Bridgerton walking tours to visiting fans.

What is the profession of Siena Rosso, Anthony's secret lover in season 1 of Bridgerton?

Opera singer: he tries to bring her into his own world, but it is she who ends the affair, telling him to let her go while she looks to her own future.

Which modiste makes the gowns for London's debutantes in Bridgerton?

Genevieve Delacroix is wrongly suspected of being Lady Whistledown in season one; a year later the real columnist recruits the dressmaker as her accomplice.

Which cousin of the Featheringtons arrives for the season in Bridgerton hiding a pregnancy?

Marina Thompson briefly outshines every debutante of the year, until Lady Whistledown prints her secret just as she is about to elope.

Which title does Regé-Jean Page's character hold in season 1 of Bridgerton?

Duke of Hastings is the title he inherits from a father who despised him; he returns to London only on the old man's death and is coaxed into a season he meant to avoid.

Which writer from Bridgerton's own staff took over as showrunner from season 3?

Jess Brownell wrote the second season's finale before taking charge; her first season in the job broke with the novels' order, jumping straight to the fourth book.

In season 4's Cinderella twist, what does Benedict's fleeing mystery woman leave behind at midnight instead of a slipper?

A glove is his only clue: his mother notices that it bears the crest of Penwood House, and he calls there while the woman he seeks is working below stairs.

Who plays the role of Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton?

Golda Rosheuvel's queen is not a character in the original novels: the show's makers added her, and she went on to get a prequel series of her own.

What do Daphne and Simon need in order to marry within days in season 1 of Bridgerton?

A special licence is at first refused, because the Queen is furious that Daphne turned down her nephew; only Simon's plea to her in person wins it.

Which instrument does Francesca Bridgerton play?

The pianoforte is her refuge from a noisy family; in season three a quiet suitor wins her with a sheet of music, rearranged exactly as she had said it should be.

Which Billie Eilish hit is heard as a string-quartet cover in Bridgerton's first season?

Bad Guy is played by Vitamin String Quartet; the season's six pop covers came out as an EP that reached No. 1 on Billboard's classical albums chart within a month.

Which vice of Lord Featherington leaves his daughters without dowries in season 1 of Bridgerton?

Gambling swallows the family's money; his last throw is a bet on a boxing match he has paid a fighter to lose, and the bookmakers he cheats have him killed.

Which Greenwich property provides the exterior of the Bridgertons' London residence?

Ranger's House lends only its front to the show; behind the door the real villa holds the Wernher Collection of art, and the Bridgertons' rooms were filmed elsewhere.

What is the first name of the Bridgerton family's widowed matriarch?

Violet has spent the series steering her children towards love matches; in season four her own engagement ends because she wants time to rediscover herself.

Which Bridgerton sibling is largely absent in season 1, away staying with relatives?

Francesca leaves London early in the season to stay with an aunt and returns only as it ends; her own love story had to wait for season three.

Which debutante does Anthony court and very nearly marry in season 2 of Bridgerton?

Edwina Sharma accepts him and gets as far as the altar, where she finally sees how he looks at her sister and walks out of her own wedding.

Which Taylor Swift song gets a classical cover during Daphne and Simon's honeymoon in Bridgerton?

Wildest Dreams was not recorded for the show: the duo Duomo had released their cover on a 2018 album, and the music supervisor picked it out for the honeymoon scenes.

The mystery woman Benedict hunts for in season 4 of Bridgerton is known as the Lady in what?

Silver: he searches for 'the Lady in Silver' while she is working as a maid in his own family's house, and only her necklace finally gives her away.

Which rival debutante witnesses Daphne's kiss with Simon in the garden?

Cressida Cowper lets Daphne know what she saw, and that changes the stakes: with a witness, only a wedding can save her name, so she races to stop the duel.

Which noble title does the eldest Bridgerton son hold?

Viscount is the fourth of the five ranks of the peerage, above only a baron; the eldest son came into the title, and the care of the whole family, when his father died suddenly.

Which Scottish village became a byword for the runaway weddings of English couples?

Gretna Green lay just across the border, and Scots law asked for no parental consent; in season one a young Bridgerton proposes that very dash north to marry at once.

Who composed the original orchestral score for Bridgerton?

Kris Bowers came to the show from Green Book, where he not only wrote the score but taught Mahershala Ali to play and doubled for his hands in the piano close-ups.

Where does Theo Sharpe work in season 2?

A print shop: it is the one that prints Lady Whistledown's sheet, so Eloise turns up hunting the author and leaves instead with a pamphlet on women's rights.

Which Bridgerton sibling is the youngest?

Hyacinth is a child when the show begins; by season four she is so impatient to come out that she slips into a ball disguised as a maid.

In the flash-forward that closes season 3 of Bridgerton, Colin has found success as what?

A published author: he opens the season as the sworn enemy of the ton's anonymous scandal-sheet writer and closes it a writer himself, his travel journals turned into a book.

Which childhood affliction did Simon Basset work to overcome?

A stammer led his father to reject him as a small child; a family friend, Lady Danbury, found the boy, oversaw his schooling and helped him master his speech.

What is the name of Benedict's country house in Bridgerton?

My Cottage is hardly a cottage: on screen it is the Tudor mansion Loseley, complete with a pair of loyal keepers who insist he stay until his wound has healed.

Which colour family marks out the Featherington wardrobe?

Loud citrus yellows and oranges are worn to be noticed; when the youngest daughter finally takes charge of her own wardrobe in season three, her first order is never to see a citrus colour again.

What kind of ball does the Bridgerton matriarch host to open season 4?

A masquerade ball lets a housemaid slip in unrecognised among the guests; the second Bridgerton son dances with her, and at midnight she runs before he learns her name.

Which craft won Bridgerton its first Emmy, in 2021?

Hairstyling won for the episode 'Art of the Swoon' and again a year later, while the show's nominations for best drama series and lead actor went unrewarded.

What was Lady Danbury's name before her marriage?

Soma Anderson is the name she was born with; her brother Marcus arrives in season three, still unforgiven for stopping her flight from the marriage to Lord Danbury.

What does Cousin Jack Featherington claim to own in America, tempting London's gentlemen to invest?

Mines: the venture is a fraud, for he is secretly penniless, and before it is exposed Portia sends him back to America and keeps most of the investors' money.

What is Kate Sharma's full first name?

Kathani is her given name, Kate the short form her family and friends use; in the novel she was Kate Sheffield, renamed when the show made the family Indian.

Which season-one debutante marries Albion Finch in Bridgerton?

Philippa wins her sisters' race to fall pregnant in season three, yet the family title still passes her by, because her baby is a girl.

What is the name of Colin and Penelope's son, the infant Lord Featherington?

Elliot appears in the season-three flash-forward as the new Lord Featherington: his mother bore the first boy among the three sisters, so the family title passed to him.

What was the Bridgerton matriarch's maiden name?

Ledger is the name she bears as a girl in the prequel Queen Charlotte, where her father, Lord Ledger, has a secret romance with the widowed Lady Danbury.

Whom does Benedict Bridgerton marry in Season 4?

Sophie Baek is an earl's illegitimate daughter, kept as a maid by her stepmother; in the novel she is Sophie Beckett, and the show changed her surname.

Which Bridgerton is the seventh child and youngest son?

Gregory is the seventh child but the last to get a novel of his own: his love story closes the series, a book after his younger sister's.

Whom does the sixth Bridgerton child marry in Season 3?

Lord Kilmartin is John Stirling, a quiet Scottish earl; she turns down the Queen's hand-picked marquess for him and marries in a small ceremony at home.

Which widow has a fling with Benedict in Season 3?

Lady Tilley Arnold's affair with him widens to include her friend Paul, and ends when she asks for the exclusive commitment he is not ready to give.

Which Harry Potter actress plays the cruel stepmother Lady Araminta in Season 4 of Bridgerton?

Katie Leung, the films' Cho Chang, turns villain as the Cinderella story's stepmother, a twice-widowed countess with two daughters of her own to marry off.

Which servant, the Queen's gossip-loving secretary, is always at her side in Bridgerton?

Brimsley spent three seasons hovering in the background; his actor, Hugh Sachs, was promoted to the main cast for season four, and a younger actor plays him in the prequel.

Which actor plays the Prussian prince who courts Daphne in season 1 of Bridgerton?

Freddie Stroma, Cormac McLaggen in the Harry Potter films, plays the Queen's kinsman, who gives Daphne a necklace and is about to propose when she slips out to the garden.

Which Four Weddings and a Funeral actor plays King George III in Bridgerton?

James Fleet, the film's kindly, bumbling Tom, plays the ailing king in the first two seasons and returned to the part for the prequel Queen Charlotte.

Which Buffy actor plays Edwina's grandfather Lord Sheffield?

Anthony Head, Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, plays Lord Sheffield, who disowned his daughter Mary for running off with a clerk and now ties the family fortune to a noble match.

Which Bridgerton novel is Season 4 based on?

An Offer from a Gentleman is the third novel, a Cinderella story; the show jumped ahead to the fourth book for season three, then came back for this one.

At the wedding in Bridgerton's second season, what does the bride's sister drop that the groom rushes to pick up?

Her bangle, worn at her late mother's wedding, slips off at the altar; the way the groom lunges for it shows the bride where his heart lies, and she walks out of her own ceremony.

In Queen Charlotte, the king's brutal Dr Monro is based on the real head of which asylum?

Bedlam, properly Bethlem Hospital, was run by generations of the Monro family, and its nickname became the English word for uproar and confusion.

Why did Regé-Jean Page leave after Season 1?

He signed only a one-year deal: each season follows a different sibling, so Simon's arc was complete, and Page turned down an offer to return as a guest in season two.

Which show's scheduling conflict caused Ruby Stokes to leave her Bridgerton role?

Lockwood & Co. gave Ruby Stokes its lead role, and the clash pulled her out of Bridgerton midway through season two; Hannah Dodd took over her part from season three.

In Bridgerton's second season, what does Anthony tumble into backwards, soaking his white shirt?

A lake: he trips over a dog on the bank and topples in backwards, dragging a rival suitor with him, and emerges in a clinging shirt like Colin Firth's Mr Darcy in 1995.

Which stately home, Buckingham Palace's stand-in in The Crown, lent its grounds to Bridgerton as Hyde Park?

Wilton House near Salisbury was chosen for the Queen's throne room because of its opulent Inigo Jones state rooms, and its parkland doubled as Hyde Park.

Which Yorkshire stately home stood in for Bridgerton's Clyvedon estate?

Castle Howard, long famous as Brideshead on screen, played Clyvedon Castle in season one, and the house later mounted its own exhibition, From Brideshead to Bridgerton.

Anthony and Simon's reunion in Bridgerton's first episode was filmed in which London club, where Phileas Fogg made his wager?

The Reform Club on Pall Mall was founded in 1836, while the show's first season is set in 1813; in Jules Verne's novel, Fogg's race around the world starts and ends inside it.

Which breed is Newton, the dog Kate Sharma brings to London in Bridgerton's second season?

A corgi named Newton comes straight from the novel, though the breed's royal image is modern: corgis joined the Windsors only in 1933.

In Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, where does the young king live apart from his new bride?

Kew Palace is his retreat: he installs her at Buckingham House on their wedding night and stays an hour's ride away, until she orders her coach and goes to confront him.

Which 2001 film's use of classic rock inspired Bridgerton's pop covers?

A Knight's Tale, which sets medieval jousting to Queen's We Will Rock You, was director Julie Anne Robinson's model; she even had the ball dances choreographed to modern pop.

Which Ariana Grande song did Vitamin String Quartet cover for Bridgerton's first season?

Thank U, Next is playing as Daphne arrives at the first ball of the series, the scene that told viewers the ballroom music would be modern pop in disguise.

Which Bollywood film's title song did Bridgerton cover in Season 2 for the Sharma storyline?

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham's title song plays in classical dress over the haldi ceremony before the wedding, where the bride dabs turmeric on her sister's cheek to bring her a husband too.

Which singer performed her 1995 breakup anthem with string duo Duomo to promote Bridgerton's second season?

Alanis Morissette sang You Oughta Know over Duomo's strings in a Netflix video; in the show the wordless cover turns her furious breakup song into a soundtrack for longing glances.

Which Pitbull song, as a string cover, plays when Colin finally declares himself to Penelope in Bridgerton's third season?

Give Me Everything, arranged for strings by Archer Marsh, plays under the pair's long-awaited kiss; the cover went viral, and Pitbull himself shared the scene.

Which singer recorded 'All I Want', Bridgerton's first original song, for Season 3?

Tori Kelly sang All I Want at the season's premiere, and a show known for orchestral covers of pop hits then covered its own song: an orchestral version plays over the finale's credits.

Which K-pop group had a hit covered by strings in Bridgerton's third season?

BTS's Dynamite, played by Vitamin String Quartet, scores the ball in episode two, where Colin coaches Penelope through small talk with her suitors.

Which West End play did Jonathan Bailey lead in spring 2022, just as Bridgerton's second season launched?

Cock, Mike Bartlett's play, reunited Bailey with the director of his Olivier-winning turn in Company; its twelve-week run opened the same month as season two.

On which US show did Regé-Jean Page appear with Bad Bunny weeks after Bridgerton made him a star?

Saturday Night Live booked him as host, with Bad Bunny as musical guest, on the strength of a single season; the episode earned him a Black Reel nomination for comedy guest actor.

Which two shows did British GQ describe Bridgerton as a cross between?

Downton Abbey and Gossip Girl: GQ's reviewer meant a period drama narrated by an unseen gossip writer, and the comparison was no compliment, since the headline added 'and not in a good way'.

Bridgerton's 82 million households broke a Netflix record held by which fantasy series?

The Witcher had drawn 76 million households in its first four weeks a year earlier; Bridgerton passed it with a total 19 million above Netflix's own forecast.

Which show overtook Bridgerton's first season as Netflix's most-watched series launch in October 2021?

Squid Game, a Korean-language survival drama, drew 111 million accounts in under a month, so a subtitled import outdid Bridgerton's 82 million.

Adjoa Andoh played Nelson Mandela's chief of staff opposite Morgan Freeman in which 2009 film?

Invictus cast Andoh as Brenda Mazibuko after an audition that came down to three actors; when the call came that Clint Eastwood wanted her, she danced round her living room.

Which Christmas custom is the real Queen Charlotte, a central figure of Bridgerton, credited with bringing to Britain?

The Christmas tree began with her decorated yew branch, a custom from her German homeland; Victoria and Albert, usually given the credit, only made it fashionable half a century later.

Which fashion trend nickname did the series inspire?

Searches for corsets, headpieces and elbow-length gloves spiked.

After Bridgerton's season-two lawn-game showdown, John Lewis reported a 90% weekly jump in sales of what?

Croquet sets flew out thanks to a game with another name: the siblings play pall-mall, an older game considered its forerunner, where knocking a rival's ball into the woods is fair play.

Which two songwriters made The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, a 2022 Grammy winner?

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear wrote The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical on TikTok, won the 2022 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, and were sued by Netflix after a Kennedy Center concert.

Which undergarment do dress historians say Bridgerton gets wrong?

The corset is tight-laced on screen as a symbol of women's confinement, but historians note Regency women wore it as everyday support, over a chemise that stopped it chafing.

In Queen Charlotte, what is the bride caught doing before her wedding?

Climbing the garden wall to flee a groom she has never met, she is caught by a charming stranger who turns out to be the king himself.

Who plays the young queen in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story?

India Amarteifio plays the young queen, a German princess shipped to England to marry a stranger who then leaves her alone on their wedding night.

Which Game of Thrones actress plays the king's mother, Princess Augusta, in Queen Charlotte?

Michelle Fairley, Game of Thrones' Catelyn Stark, plays Princess Augusta, who checks the bride's hands and teeth on arrival and hides her son's illness until after the wedding.

Which royal death opens the later timeline of the Bridgerton prequel series?

Princess Charlotte's death in childbirth leaves the crown with no legitimate heir in the next generation, so the Queen orders her many grown children to marry and produce one.

Which Alicia Keys song did she re-record with an all-female orchestra for Queen Charlotte?

If I Ain't Got You was remade with a 70-piece orchestra made up entirely of women of colour; Keys said she wanted its picture of royalty to be as diverse as the show's own.

In Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the young king's passion for astronomy fixes on the transit of which planet?

Venus crossing the sun was a real event of the reign: the historical king built an observatory to watch it, and the show has him slip away from his bride to study the sky.

Which Bridgerton novel is Eloise's story?

To Sir Phillip, With Love grows out of letters: after a long correspondence with a widower she has never met, Eloise slips away from London by night to see if they might suit.

Which novel, the last of the original Bridgerton series, won the 2007 RITA Award?

On the Way to the Wedding won the 2007 RITA for long historical romance; its hero ends up racing to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man.

Which Netflix action film cast Regé-Jean Page as a villain alongside Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans?

The Gray Man was the Russo brothers' film for Netflix; Page wrapped his scenes in the very week Bridgerton's cast gathered for the first table read of season two without him.

Julia Quinn's pen name put her books beside which author's?

Amanda Quick, itself a pen name of Jayne Ann Krentz, sat just before 'Quinn' on the romance shelves, so Julie Pottinger chose a name that would place a newcomer beside a bestseller.

Julia Quinn left Yale to write romance; what had she been training to become?

Physician: Quinn sold her first novel the month Yale's medical school accepted her, deferred for two years to write more, then quit within months of finally enrolling.

Julia Quinn's prequel series that opens with Because of Miss Bridgerton follows which family?

The Rokesbys have lived next door to the Bridgertons for centuries; the first book pairs tomboy Billie Bridgerton with George Rokesby, the one neighbour she cannot stand.

In Bridgerton's season two opener, what is Kate Sharma doing at dawn when its hero first sees her?

Riding astride on horseback, alone and cloaked, she clears a hedge, wins the impromptu race and rides off without giving the man who chased her a name.

Which Wicked role earned Jonathan Bailey a SAG nomination?

Fiyero, the carefree prince of Wicked who ends the story transformed into the Scarecrow, brought Bailey a Screen Actors Guild nomination for supporting actor.

Which Channel 4 sitcom made Nicola Coughlan famous as Clare Devlin?

Derry Girls made Nicola Coughlan famous as 16-year-old Clare Devlin, though she turned 31 within a week of its first episode airing.

Phoebe Dynevor's mother, Sally, has played Sally Webster since 1986 in which British soap?

Coronation Street has had Sally Dynevor in its cast since 1986, and the two once shared an evening's television: Sally in a Corrie special, Phoebe in Bridgerton's first episode.

Which Netflix comedy did Simone Ashley star in as Olivia Hanan before Bridgerton?

Sex Education featured Simone Ashley as Olivia Hanan, one of Moordale's popular clique, for three series; she did not return for the fourth once Bridgerton had made her a lead.

Golda Rosheuvel moved to England at five from which South American country, where she was born?

Guyana was home until her family moved in with an uncle in England; her father, a Guyanese Anglican priest, had taken them from place to place on his mission work.

Which BBC sci-fi series featured Adjoa Andoh from 2007 to 2008?

Doctor Who cast Adjoa Andoh as Francine Jones, mother of companion Martha; a year earlier she had been in the show unrecognised, as Sister Jatt, one of the cat-faced nurses of New Earth.

Which Australian actress plays Benedict's Season 4 love interest?

Yerin Ha grew up in Sydney but left at 15 to train at a performing-arts high school in Seoul; her grandmother is the veteran Korean actress Son Sook.

Which Disney Channel series starred Luke Newton as Ben Evans?

The Lodge was a musical drama, which suited Luke Newton: he had trained at the London School of Musical Theatre and understudied in The Book of Mormon before playing Ben Evans.

Which political thriller did Shonda Rhimes create after Grey's Anatomy?

Scandal starred Kerry Washington as crisis fixer Olivia Pope, a character Rhimes based on Judy Smith, a real crisis manager and former White House press aide who also worked on the show.

Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne) began her career as a child actress in which BBC One school drama?

Waterloo Road gave Phoebe Dynevor her first role at 14, as pupil Siobhan Mailey; Regé-Jean Page, later her Bridgerton co-star, joined the same drama as a teacher in 2015.

Birmingham-born Claudia Jessie, who plays Eloise, spent part of her childhood living where?

On a canal boat: her family moved between a houseboat on Birmingham's canals and a north London council estate, with money so short that bailiffs came to the door.

Luke Thompson (Benedict) earned a 2024 Olivier nomination for the stage adaptation of which novel, opposite James Norton?

A Little Life cast Luke Thompson as Willem beside James Norton's Jude; the production transferred from the Harold Pinter Theatre to the Savoy, where it was filmed and released in cinemas.

Ruth Gemmell, the Bridgertons' on-screen mother, starred opposite Colin Firth in which 1997 football film?

Fever Pitch, from Nick Hornby's Arsenal memoir, cast Ruth Gemmell as the teacher who falls for Firth's obsessive fan; Hollywood's 2005 remake swapped Arsenal for baseball's Boston Red Sox.

For which drama series did Polly Walker (Lady Featherington) earn a Golden Globe nomination?

Rome earned Polly Walker the nomination for Atia of the Julii, a schemer the writers built by blending the emperor Augustus's mother with two more notorious Roman women, Clodia and Fulvia.

Who plays the young king in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story?

Corey Mylchreest plays the young king; the writers kept the real monarch's love of farming and astronomy, so he is happiest digging his own fields and watching the night sky.

Regé-Jean Page played Chicken George in which 2016 miniseries?

Roots was Regé-Jean Page's first American production; he next joined Shondaland's legal drama For the People, and the same company then cast him in Bridgerton.