#Bridgerton simon pull out series#

I think that’s also a very interesting, cerebral way of exploring that innate sexuality, and I think it bodes really well for the following seasons, to not just be about sex,” the U.K. “I think Kate and Anthony feel explicit in the way that they feel naked in front of each other. They have a meaning behind them and I think it’s very earned when the fireworks happen.”įor Bailey, the heavy chemistry and tension meant more when it came to Kate and Anthony’s slow burn story. “And as Chris has said, they aren’t performative sex scenes or intimate scenes. “It makes sense for these characters because they’re so protective over their families and they’re so truthful to their duties and responsibilities - so for them to break that wouldn’t have made sense for the characters,” the Sex Education star said at the time. And that’s really part of the draw to me of a project like this, the ability to tell these close-ended love stories of different characters season after season.”Īshley, for her part, defended the decision to focus on emotional intimacy over sex scenes. We’re with Anthony ( Jonathan Bailey) and Kate ( Simone Ashley) most of the season and that’s very different from Daphne and Simon. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookiesĭusen added: “It all serves a larger purpose and it’s a different story this season. We’ve never done a sex scene for the sake of doing a sex scene, and I don’t think we ever will.” And we use these intimate scenes to tell a story and to push the story forward. “Our approach to intimacy on the show really is the same as season 1. “It was never about quantity for us,” the creator told reporters in March 2022.

#Bridgerton simon pull out series#

But I think people were looking to be overwhelmed.”Īhead of season 2, showrunner Chris van Dusen opened up about taking the series in a new direction when it came to those graphic love scenes. “I think people were grateful for the intensity of the romantic aspects of Bridgerton I’m not sure how grateful I was to watch it for myself. I wasn’t sufficiently prepared, and I was there,” he said during The Hollywood Reporter‘s Emmy Roundtable series in June 2021.

Page, who played Daphne’s love interest, noted that he wasn’t expecting the widespread reaction to the hit Netflix series after it debuted in December 2020. It’s crazy to me that that hasn’t been there in the past.” “And it was so great, because it felt safe and fun: you choreograph it like a stunt or a dance.

… My first-ever scene was in episode six, where Simon is going down on Daphne,” season 1 leading lady Phoebe Dynevor revealed during an interview with Grazia UK in December 2020. “I love coming-of-age story and her sexual awakening. While some Bridgerton fans fell in love with the Netflix dramas’s chaste courtship traditions, many viewers just couldn’t stop talking about those steamy sex scenes - including the cast.