00:00We are at, I guess, the embodiment, the epitome of a Bridgerton fandom event right now.
00:05Yes.
00:06Is it making you more emotional every time you come to one of these things?
00:09Ask my children. I cry at Mary Poppins. Everything makes me cry.
00:12But, you know, to be... I was in Poland doing a fan event there.
00:17People came from the Czech Republic, from Romania, all over Europe to the event because they love the show so much.
00:24I was in Johannesburg. People came from all over Africa because they love the show so much.
00:29Same thing in New York. From all over the country they were coming.
00:31Everybody looks fabulous. Nobody gives a monkey's about anything apart from, do you love the show?
00:38Don't care about your income bracket. Don't care about your sexuality, your politics, your race, your gender.
00:43None of that matters. Do you love the show? All right, we can deal.
00:46And I love that. It's really moving.
00:48And I also feel that in countries where not everybody is in the same power dynamic,
00:57Bridgerton is like a safe space.
00:59So, you know, there are places in the world that are not LGBTQ friendly, for example.
01:05If you come to a Bridgerton event, you are welcomed in. And I'm really proud of that.
01:10Do you think Bridgerton is making posh cool again?
01:13Like, you know, it's high society, it's all very fancy, but we love it, don't we?
01:16It is posh and it is high society, but you always have those little sniffs.
01:21You know, like the Mondritches. What's happening with their world? How are things shifting in that?
01:26I love the housekeepers. I always want to go downstairs and see what's going in there.
01:31If they're going, oh, those dogs, you know, whatever.
01:34I think they don't lean so much on the posh. I mean, it does look fabulous.
01:40There is court, there is etiquette and all that.
01:42But there's something about the human within the posh. And that, to me, is interesting.
01:47You've done so much fantastic work over the years, of course.
01:50Is Bridgerton the one where people will come up to you?
01:52Is it having the biggest fan impact, do you think, day to day?
01:55So, it's on Netflix. Where is Netflix not in the whole world?
02:01I can't think of anywhere. Maybe in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.
02:04I don't know, but probably it's there as well.
02:06It's Shonda, who is the queen of drama, is she not?
02:10I mean, she's been embedded in my family since my kids were little.
02:13It used to be bath pyjamas, Grey's Anatomy. You know, that was the routine.
02:17And then you've got this bestselling series of, internationally bestselling series of novels by Julia Quinn.
02:24So, you know, that's a triumvirate of global dominance, isn't it?
02:28And especially if you drop during a pandemic when everybody's feeling lonely, isolated, friendless, the opposite of glamorous.
02:36To have that show to just dive into, to just park your mind for a little while and be absorbed by something else.
02:43I think all those aspects came together and have made it the phenomenon it is.
02:48But also, it's done something revolutionary with historical drama.
02:53You know, it's changed the way people structure and showrun historical dramas.
03:00And so I think it's been quite a thrilling ride in that respect as well.
03:05You mentioned The Shonda Project.
03:07Yes.
03:08Quite a spectacular one, one of many.
03:09Yes.
03:10Would we like to work on more Shonda Projects?
03:12If she came to you and asked you?
03:14I would read the telephone directory for Shonda.
03:17Although she would make it more interesting, obviously.
03:19Yeah, maybe change the alphabetical order. I don't know.
03:22Thank you so much for your time. You're so wonderful to talk to.
03:25I really appreciate you. Have a good evening.
03:26Thank you.
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