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Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ could run for eight seasons

  • January 13, 2021

In case you somehow missed it, in only a month, Netflix’s latest period drama Bridgerton has become a hit by reaching 63 million households, making it the fifth biggest debut of the OTT platform’s original series.

While a second season hasn’t officially been announced yet, there’s no denying the Shondaland production, which is based on a series of romance novels by Julia Quinn, will most certainly continue. But for how many more seasons? Well it appears the makers will be sticking to the number of novels, which by the way, are eight. Each book from the series focuses on the love story of one of the eight Bridgerton siblings.

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If you haven’t read or watched already, the first book and season, The Duke and I, is about Daphne Bridgerton. The second, The Viscount Who Loved Me, will follow her brother, Anthony. In an interview with Collider, series creator Chris Van Dusen hinted that he plans to follow the book series’ sibling-centric format.

“This being a family of eight children and there being eight books, I would love to be able to focus and really tell stories and love stories for all the Bridgerton siblings.” Asked if this meant there’d be an eight-season run, he said, “I would love that. In success, I would love that.”

Spoiler Alert

To deconstruct it further, season one wasn’t just about Daphne and Simon, the Duke of Hastings. Viewers were also introduced to the characters and struggles of Eloise Bridgerton, Queen Charlotte, Penelope Featherington, who (massive spoiler!) is also the show’s gossip-stirrer, Lady Whistledown.

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Breakout star Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope, also said she’s intrigued by the idea of exploring her character in future seasons. “Because I read Book 4 first, I saw Penelope 10 years on from what she would be in Season 1, so she’s very different in that,” she told the outlet. 

“I think human beings, we mature, we’re inherently the same, but seeing her at that level of maturity was fascinating to me, so I’d love to carry on with that…. And I think because of the books too, the protagonist change every year, would be really interesting to see.” 

Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2279825/netflixs-bridgerton-could-run-for-eight-seasons

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