Last week we talked about the very happy news that Netflix has confirmed season two of my newest obsession, Bridgerton. We also found out that Season twp will chronicle the love life of the eldest Bridgerton brother, Anthony. Which made me less enthusiastic since Anthony was my least favorite character. Despite being reassured by readers of the books that Anthony is quite charming and not a bore, my biggest question about Season two is if we would be seeing more of Rege-Jean, I mean the Duke of Hastings/

Duke lovers far and wide I have good tidings for thee. Showrunner Chris Van Dusen was interviewed on Today with Hoda & Jenna and he confirmed that the Duke and Daphne will be making appearances in Season two. Chris said his hope is that the Duke and consequently Daphne will always be a part of Bridgerton going forward. And I couldn’t be happier. Below are a few excerpts from Chris’s interview on Today via Deadline:

“I hope so,” Van Dusen said when asked whether Page and Dynevor’s characters will be back next season. “They are now of course the Duke and Duchess of Hastings but in my mind they will always be Bridgertons and I think they will always be part of the show.”

“I genuinely have no idea what they’re going to do with the second season, but I imagine if they’re following the books, then it would be Anthony’s journey,” she said. “I’m sure Daphne will end up getting involved. But yeah, I do wonder what it looks like. I’m excited to find out.”

Van Dusen confirmed that production on Season 2 starts in late spring in London for what is believed to be a six-month shoot.

“We have a bunch of new characters we are going to be introducing,” he said. “Anthony is going to have a love interest next season, and I think it’s going to be as sweeping and moving and as beautiful as viewers of the first season have come to expect from the show.”

[From Deadline]

Like I said before, I would watch Season 2 if I can get more of Rege-Jean and if they cast a dark skinned Black woman or South Asian woman for Kate. Rege-Jean and Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury) are what made Season one for me. I also loved Nicola Coughlin’s Penelope. Daphne has grown on me over time. I honestly wouldn’t have watched the show if Shondaland and Rege (specifically) weren’t attached to the project. As far as Anthony’s love interest, Kate, is concerned, I have joined a reader in her campaign to get Simona Brown cast as Kate. Simona is stunning and I am here for it. I also believe that Kate will need to have just as much charisma as Rege’s Duke to carry the season. Jonathan Bailey as Anthony will need to turn up the heat in his character’s personality. Chris Van Dusen has done an amazing job in fleshing out the main characters and making them extremely likeable and sexy. He has done a great job capturing romance and creating intimacy with touch and conversation.

Chris also confirmed that they will begin filming Season two of Bridgerton in late Spring in London, so hopefully we will get Season two by Christmas 2021. So, as I patiently wait for Chris and Netflix to announce the cast, I am ordering the second book as I hear it is one of the best books out of the Julia Quinn Bridgerton series. Maybe book two will convert me into liking Anthony. Also, I have been forgoing watching Bridgerton for the 100th times and I have instead fallen down the hilariously dark dark world of Bridgerton TikTok. There are so many brilliant folks making fanfiction content on that app. I have also gotten my Rege-Jean fix like a fiend by devouring every interview I can find on Youtube. It is annoying that not only is Rege hot, he is also intelligent, witty and seemingly empathetic. Anyway, enough of my Rege obsession.

You can watch the full interview here

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