Looking ahead, Coughlan knows fans are most excited for “the racy stuff” from Romancing Mister Bridgerton. I think book fans are going to be happy.” “Jess has talked to Luke and I through the season, and I think people are going to be really obsessed. “I feel like if you see Penelope fawning over this boy for another season, you’ll be like, ‘Get it together! Come on, move on and get over it,’ ” Coughlan tells Tudum before the FYC event. With a few months to adjust to the surprise, the Irish actor now thinks a center-stage Polin season makes sense. This is an exciting shakeup from Bridgerton’s inspiration, Julia Quinn’s books of the same name Penelope and Colin’s love story is told in the fourth book, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, rather than the third.Ĭoughlan learned she would be Bridgerton’s next hero during what she assumed was a routine phone call last year with Season 3 showrunner Jess Brownell. Lead Nicola Coughlan announced that Season 3 of the regency romance will focus on the relationship between her own Penelope Feathington and Penelope’s long-standing crush, Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton).

This evening, at a Bridgerton For Your Consideration panel in Hollywood, Lady Whistledown herself dropped the biggest gossip of the season. Rejoice Polin fans, for a beloved Bridgerton couple is about to step into the spotlight.

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