By Marisa Laudadio
3:00am PDT, Apr 24, 2024
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With season 3 of “Bridgerton” lower than a month away, Netflix is beginning to have a good time the brand new leads who’re bringing “Polin” — the portmanteau for Penelope and Colin — to life.
Be a part of us as we check out a number of the finest pictures of the “Polin” actors and their new “Bridgerton” showrunner kicking off the brand new season — which debuts its first 4 episodes on Could 16 and its second 4 eps on June 13 — with a particular occasion in Australia…
Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan — who play Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix sequence “Bridgerton” — attended the “Bridgerton” season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024. Their characters are the leads in season 3.
“Their story actually speaks to me — the unrequited crush, the wallflower-underdog coming off the wall. That speaks to highschool Jess,” season 3 showrunner Jess Brownell advised Vainness Honest in April. “I appreciated that the Penelope and Colin story lends itself so nicely to rom-com tropes as a result of it is a friends-to-lovers story. There’s extra playfulness and familiarity to the story and that enables us to lean into awkward banter and play up the humor a bit bit extra.”
Preserve studying for extra pictures from the enjoyable and perception into season 3…
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Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton — who play Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton on the hit Netflix sequence “Bridgerton” — attended the season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024. Their characters are the leads in season 3.
“I felt so fortunate that I acquired to do my first season show-running with Nicola and Luke,” Jess Brownell — who’s the brand new showrunner for season 3 of “Bridgerton” following a tenure of greater than 15 years working behind the scenes at Shondaland — advised Vainness Honest in April. “They have been each so heat and so collaborative, and know their characters so nicely. I am writing an ensemble of 25-plus characters, so I did look to them to go deeper on their characters.”
“Nicola, as an actress, has an actual effervescence and energy that she brings to the character. Although Penelope actually acquired dumped on fairly a bit on the finish of season 2, she enters this season a lady who’s going to make the very best of a foul scenario, and plenty of that’s knowledgeable by what Nicola brings to the position,” she continued.
“So far as Luke [goes], his character this season has to bear a fairly main persona change that largely occurs off-camera in between seasons. Final season, he was this awkward coming-of-age man who hadn’t fairly discovered his place on the planet, and abruptly, he is again with this swagger and confidence. Luke simply actually nailed it, found out how you can additionally imbue that efficiency with depth. As a result of clearly, should you’re denying a sure a part of who you actually are and coming again with an entire new persona, there’s nonetheless elements of you which are underneath the floor,” the showrunner added.
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Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan — who play Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington on “Bridgerton” — have been joined by showrunner Jess Brownell on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
Season 3 showrunner Jess Brownwll, a seasoned “Bridgerton” author, is aware of what she’s doing with Penelope and Colin. “In season 1, I acquired the chance to put in writing plenty of the Daphne [Phoebe Dynevor] and Simon [Rege-Jean Page] scenes. [Seasons 1 and 2 showrunner] Chris [Van Dusen] additionally seemed to me for lots of the early intimacy scenes, which have been scary to put in writing, at first, as a result of I did not understand how far we have been going. So there was some awkwardness there,” Jess admitted in an April interview with Vainness Honest. “However at this level, now that we all know what we’re doing, writing these intimacy scenes is second nature…”
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Luke Newton, who performs Colin Bridgerton on “Bridgerton,” arrived on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
“Our intimacy coordinator, Lizzy Talbot, is actually unimaginable, and we led with what Nicola [Coughlan] and Luke have been comfy with,” season 3 showrunner Jsss Brownell advised Vainness Honest of season 3. “However story-wise, we did really feel prefer it was necessary to see Penelope moving into her energy and to see Colin moving into his sensitivity. They’ve parallel however reverse tracks, in some methods, this season, and intimacy is the right place to specific each of these arcs.”
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Nicola Coughlan, who performs Penelope Featherington on “Bridgerton,” arrived on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
Season 3 will air in two elements: The primary 4 episodes drop on Could 16, 2024, and the second set of 4 eps premiere on June 13, 2024.
“We did not initially plan for there to be a break within the center. Netflix approached us about splitting the season in two. It is one thing I believe they’re attempting out throughout their platform, and it labored out completely, truly,” season 3 showrunner Jess brownell advised Vainness Honest. “We had a pure break on the finish of episode 4. I am certain it will be irritating for some followers, however it’s good to have that break to take all of it in and speculate about what’s to come back, construct momentum earlier than the second half comes out.”
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Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan — who play Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix sequence “Bridgerton” — have been joined by Miss Universe Australia 2018 Francesca Hung, a mannequin and presenter, and “Bridgerton” showrunner Jess Brownell on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
There’s one specific second in season 3 that new “Bridgerton” showrunner Jess Brownell is very excited for followers to see.
“There’s a set piece in episode 5 by which all of our main characters are collectively, and that was a extremely enjoyable one to movie as a result of it is so uncommon that we get everybody in the identical place on the similar time,” she shared with Vainness Honest. “In order that was actually a summer time camp day. I am going to simply say the phrase charades, and other people will know what it’s once they see it.”
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Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan — who play Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix sequence “Bridgerton” — have been joined by showrunner Jess Brownell on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
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Luke Newton, who performs Colin Bridgerton on “Bridgerton,” arrived on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
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Miss Universe Australia 2018 Francesca Hung, a mannequin and presenter, interviewed Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan — who play Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix sequence “Bridgerton” — and showrunner Jess Brownell on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.
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Luke Newton, who performs Colin Bridgerton on “Bridgerton,” arrived on the hit Netflix sequence’ season 3 launch occasion on the grounds of Milton Park Nation Home in Bowral, Australia, on April 21, 2024.