Observe: This story incorporates spoilers from “Bridgerton” Season 4 Half 1.
After portraying Colin Bridgerton’s love story in “Bridgerton” Season 3, Luke Newton may breath a sigh of reduction as he handed the baton to the subsequent main man, Luke Thompson’s Benedict.
Whereas Season 3 noticed Colin navigate his friends-to-lovers arc with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) whereas studying of her surprising id as gossip columnist Girl Whistledown, the vast majority of Season 4, a lot to the satisfaction of Newton, sees Colin “annoyingly liked up” with Penelope as newlyweds.
“It’s a very pretty place to be,” Newton mentioned. “Irrespective of how laborious I strive, I do barely soak up like moments or emotions that my character goes via — I do know that sounds actually like actory wanky, however I can’t assist however let it simply have an effect on me. This season was nice for me, as a result of Colin is simply liked up, stuffed with pleasure, actually proudly owning his goal, and he’s actually discovered that after final season.”
Season 3 noticed Colin caught within the crossfire of Penelope’s hidden id of Whistledown, which prompted a serious blowout from Colin that Newton mentioned was fueled by “the secrecy … the lies and deception” that got here with secretly writing concerning the Bridgerton household for years. “That was what was so heartbreaking to him,” Newton mentioned.
“So long as there’s transparency and honesty, he’s all good and … I really feel that he’s very pleased with Penelope, of how she navigated her manner into being a public model of Whistledown,” he added. “He’s very supportive of each determination that she makes, to do with Whistledown, exterior of Whistledown together with her, together with her different pursuits. They’re annoyingly liked up.”
Whereas Francesca (Hannah Dodd) hits some bumps in her new marriage to John Stirling (Victor Alli) as she discovers her sexuality, Penelope makes it fairly clear to Francesca that she and Colin are having zero points there — and we even get one other carriage scene. “We’ve received years on them,” Newton mentioned. “We’ve identified one another since we have been children, so there’s no figuring stuff out and their communication is prime … we’re simply the most effective instance of a married couple.”
Newton additionally loved taking part in a younger father, a job he hadn’t but performed, who has the vitality to run round and play with the children, radiating a constructive vitality that will get absorbed by different characters.
“He has some enjoyable with Gregory, making an attempt to offer him recommendation on issues of the center and determine his manner into changing into a younger man, which was one thing I’d at all times been enthusiastic about … from Season 1,” Newton shared. “I at all times knew that there was that aspect of mischief that they each share, and I feel that’ll be one thing to discover sooner or later.”
He additional relished in passing the main man duty over to his on-screen sibling, noting that Benedict’s story was one which he’s been enthusiastic about for a very long time. “We’ve seen a lot of Benedict via seasons one via three,” Newton mentioned. “He’s had an actual journey, and followers have been there the entire manner, after which now to essentially see his story, like, come to life and blossom, I simply assume it’s so lovely and I can’t look ahead to for individuals to see it.”
Newton added that Thompson has been able to play this half “without end,” calling him the “final skilled, however with a lot coronary heart.”
“I keep in mind in season one … Luke’s physicality within the function of Benedict — he merged the 2 worlds of the Regency drama, however that we may sit and slouch and puff up,” Newton mentioned. “I simply love that about what Luke did with the function of Benedict from the very, very begin, so there was no recommendation that I may give him, and I simply needed him to know that I used to be there to assist him and Yerin (Ha) on this wild journey.”
As for whether or not the eldest Bridgerton brother may be part of the brothers in Half 2, Newton remained tight-lipped, saying, “There’s at all times a risk.”
“Bridgerton” Season 4, Half 1 is now streaming on Netflix. Half 2 premieres Feb. 26.
