It seems that Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan did not rehearse their first kiss, so as to make the expertise as contemporary and as new for themselves because it was for his or her characters. “In rehearsals, they by no means kissed. For lighting functions, they might get their heads nearer collectively. So when it occurred throughout the take, it was the primary time,” revealed episode director Tricia Brock to TV Insider. The objective was to maintain the whole lot contemporary and spontaneous. And although they needed to movie the scene 4 totally different instances, simply as Coughlan was moved by Penelope’s costume, so was Brock moved by the sight of her actors kissing. “I bore witness to it, and it was so shifting and so thrilling,” she mentioned.
Whereas lips and clothes can lie, vogue can change into nice cinematic shorthand. Costumes have been used to inform numerous Penelope’s story all through the collection; between Season 1 and Season 2, as an example, her shade palette modified to mirror her id because the gossip maven Girl Whistledown, which is hinted at within the character’s very first scene. However followers must wait till June 13 to seek out out what her marriage ceremony costume will inform them — that is when the second half of “Bridgerton” Season 3 will seem on Netflix.