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'Bridgerton' stars Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton and Claudia Jessie sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to chat all about season 3 of the hit Netflix series. The stars reveal how season 3 differs from the previous ones, the 'New Girl' moment that inspired their steamy kiss, Nicola liking those Luke Newton TikToks and so much more.

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00:00People were like, what is she saving this?

00:01Fans saw that Nick was saving them, yeah.

00:03No way!

00:03Yeah, they saw, yeah.

00:05Stop it!

00:06That's the best thing I've ever heard!

00:08They were like, why is she saving this?

00:10What does it mean?

00:10I'm saving them to send to Luke at a convenient time.

00:13Yeah, because we have a giggle.

00:15Hello, we are the cast of Bridgerton.

00:16I'm Nicola Coughlin.

00:17I'm Luke Newton.

00:18And I'm Claudia Jessie.

00:19And we are in the studio with Hollywood Reporter.

00:28Well, hello guys.

00:29Thank you so much for being here.

00:32Congratulations.

00:33Season 3 is finally out there for the entire world to see.

00:36How does that feel?

00:37Because I know a lot of people have been patiently awaiting this matchup.

00:40So what emotions are going through your head right now?

00:43Weirdly, when I woke up this morning, I sort of forgot.

00:46I went to check my texts.

00:47And obviously, you know, we mostly live in London.

00:50So it's not a very different.

00:51So everyone was waking up when I was looking.

00:52And then someone texted me like, congratulations to that.

00:54And I was like, oh my God, how did I forget?

00:56Yeah, crazy.

00:57So I did want to ask,

00:58how do you think Season 3 ups the steaminess and the romance

01:03compared to the past two seasons?

01:05Or how do you think that it's different entirely?

01:07I think it just, again, like previous seasons,

01:10just feels really true and appropriate to their love story.

01:14It feels, you know,

01:16we had sort of that longingness of last season

01:19where they didn't quite get there.

01:21Whereas Colin and Penn have had a connection

01:23since we first saw them in Season 1.

01:25So it's like about time.

01:28Do you feel like you guys had a leg up chemistry-wise?

01:31Because you did have that opportunity

01:33to build up the real-life friendship off-camera

01:35for a number of years now.

01:37Yeah.

01:37Absolutely.

01:38What's the question, sorry?

01:40Did we have a leg up from building the country?

01:43I think so, yeah.

01:44I think so.

01:44And I don't think it could have been any other way.

01:47Like if we needed that history,

01:49not only that we've experienced as a couple,

01:52but also as the audience has come along with us

01:55for that whole ride.

01:55I feel like sometimes you watch a show

01:57and like someone goes,

01:58those actors didn't get on.

01:58You go, yeah, you can kind of tell.

02:00But with us,

02:01like we genuinely have such a love for each other

02:03that, you know, it made it really easy.

02:05And also I was talking with Claude about this,

02:08but I was saying like how,

02:09like for me, I had, you know,

02:11there's always like life and art

02:13imitating one another and stuff.

02:15But for me, like for this season,

02:16like Penelope's confidence was growing

02:18in her finding herself in a relationship and stuff.

02:20My confidence grew in finding myself

02:21in my work and being a leading lady.

02:23I think our relationship grew

02:25not as like friends to lovers,

02:27but it grew and we developed

02:28such a closeness this time

02:30that we always got on really, really well,

02:31but we have a very different relationship

02:33to what we had, you know,

02:34before we started this season.

02:35And it's been beautiful.

02:36And we've such a strong,

02:38we're such a strong unit within this

02:39that it's been amazing.

02:40Yeah.

02:41Well, I wanted to ask Claudia,

02:42you're the trio to this group right here.

02:46No, it's you.

02:46I think it's weird.

02:48No, I love it.

02:49I love it because the three of you

02:52are so important to this season

02:54in and of itself.

02:55So I wanted to ask,

02:56what was it like to kind of

02:57take on a more elevated role this season

02:59and also watch these two

03:00take up the leading mantle?

03:02Gross, wasn't it?

03:03Disgusting.

03:04Gross.

03:04How did you feel watching us snogging?

03:08I don't want to answer that on camera.

03:11Like, okay, I can.

03:13The thing is, as a bunch,

03:15like we're well proud.

03:17Like, obviously season one,

03:19we're introduced to Bridgerton.

03:21Season two, obviously we knew Johnny

03:23and he did a beautiful job.

03:24And then we were introduced

03:25to the amazing Sharma family.

03:27But this is like,

03:28obviously we've known these guys for ages.

03:29And then for us as actors,

03:31we're like watching our best mates

03:33like lead the show.

03:34So we're like,

03:34and then they have sex and stuff.

03:39So then you're like,

03:40like it is weird.

03:45It's weird,

03:46but we're most like,

03:47it's mostly pride.

03:48Well, I wanted to follow up

03:49on Eloise's storyline this season.

03:52I feel like she's having a rough time right now.

03:54She's on the outs with her friend.

03:56She's watching all of her siblings fall in love.

03:59What do you think it's going to take

04:00for her to maybe open herself up

04:02to not only love, but happiness?

04:04I feel like she's just like

04:05in the trenches right now.

04:07Yeah.

04:08I think there's a really interesting

04:10school of thought

04:11that happens with Eloise sometimes

04:13that because she's so defiant

04:16in her idea of what she thinks

04:19she should have

04:20and what she wants,

04:21that that somehow means

04:22she's anti-love.

04:23Yeah.

04:24And I don't know if that,

04:25I think that's true.

04:26And what I loved about season two

04:28was that we were able to see

04:29that she could have a connection

04:30with someone,

04:31like with Theo,

04:33the printer,

04:33I just think right now

04:34she wants the choice.

04:35And right now she's got other priorities

04:37because she's got this big secret

04:38and she's got her brother

04:39and her ex-best mate

04:40and all of that.

04:41Yeah.

04:41I think there's a lot going on for her.

04:43Yeah.

04:43Are we not friends?

04:47Friends.

04:48Well, Luke, I wanted to ask you,

04:50I saw there's been a lot of memes

04:52asking about what kind of boot camp

04:53they're putting these Bridgerton men through.

04:56Is there a Bridgerton boy boot camp?

04:59There's not actually.

05:00No, there's not like a,

05:01nothing really happens.

05:02I don't know what it is.

05:03I guess like part of growing up in the show

05:06and just leaning into the scripts,

05:08I guess.

05:08I read the very first line

05:10when Benedict says,

05:12under what foreign sun

05:13did you apparently get so sturdy?

05:15So I was like,

05:16okay, time to get a little sturdy,

05:17whatever that means

05:18in whatever capacity I can.

05:20So yeah,

05:21just dived into that

05:22and wanted to portray

05:23this new version of Colin.

05:25I think almost the best part

05:27of his transformation

05:27is that he didn't need

05:29to transform at all

05:30because Penn has always loved him

05:32for who he is

05:33and in his soul

05:34because he's kind

05:35and he's sweet

05:36and he's caring

05:37and he's funny

05:38and he's not the coolest

05:39and it's...

05:41Well, come on.

05:43And he actually is

05:44and I think he's really cool.

05:46Now we're going to head

05:46into the second portion

05:47called Tea Time with Bridgerton.

05:50You're each going to get

05:51a teacup and saucer.

05:52Fabulous.

05:53We're going to ask you

05:54a series of questions

05:55and if you absolutely

05:57do not want to answer it,

05:59you can just

06:00take a sip of tea.

06:02Who is the best

06:03Regency-era dancer

06:05in the cast?

06:07Oh, wow.

06:07Nick Newton.

06:08It's Nick, isn't it?

06:09What about...

06:09You're very good.

06:10What about the dog?

06:11She stepped in this year

06:13and was like...

06:13She's a professional dancer

06:14but I think she...

06:16She's a professional dancer.

06:17She had too much

06:18of an advantage.

06:19Yeah, that's true.

06:20We have one scene

06:21in our six,

06:23I want to say,

06:23where we dance together

06:24and we watch back

06:26and we're like,

06:26that was incredible

06:27that we did that.

06:27Because we were like,

06:28it was quite complicated steps

06:30and we were doing

06:30like a lot of dialogue

06:32and I'm like,

06:32shit, no!

06:33We rehearsed a lot for that.

06:34We did.

06:34Who is the worst dancer

06:36in the cast?

06:37Wow.

06:37Oh my good God.

06:39That's when we're used to,

06:40isn't it?

06:40Yeah.

06:40Luke and Nicola,

06:41you said you broke

06:42some furniture

06:43while filming certain scenes.

06:46Can you disclose

06:47what piece of furniture it was?

06:50No.

06:51No.

06:52We've kept it secret

06:53for so long now

06:54that no one has guessed it yet.

06:56No one has guessed it.

06:57No way.

06:58The craziest guess we've had

06:59this candlestick

07:00and I'm like,

07:00what do you mean?

07:02What do they mean?

07:03What are they doing

07:04in your house?

07:05Crazy.

07:06Oh, so no one,

07:07like no one in the cast

07:08knows either.

07:09I don't know if they do.

07:10I feel like,

07:11I feel like I do.

07:13Yeah.

07:14Oh, you've seen it.

07:14Yeah, of course you do.

07:15Like, how are you?

07:16Oh, yeah.

07:17Yeah.

07:18Yeah.

07:18Most of them have seen it.

07:19Yeah, yeah.

07:20Blink twice

07:21if it had to do

07:21with a mirror.

07:24Well.

07:25That's a difficult one.

07:27Maybe there was one

07:28in the room.

07:29Yeah, there is one.

07:29That's tea.

07:30There's always one

07:31in the room.

07:31Okay.

07:32As a writer or a poet,

07:33dare I say,

07:34I think Penelope

07:35would be a big fan

07:36of Taylor Swift's new album,

07:37The Tortured Poets Department.

07:39What would Penelope's

07:40favorite song

07:41off the album be?

07:42What's all with Post Malone?

07:43Fortnite?

07:44Fortnite.

07:45Yes, that one.

07:45Oh, okay.

07:46I was going to say,

07:47Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

07:49Oh, yes.

07:49I've seen that one.

07:50That's a...

07:51I feel like I've seen

07:52some pen edits of it.

07:52I've seen some memes

07:53with that, yeah, yeah, yeah.

07:54Okay, okay.

07:55Luke,

07:56how many thirst trap TikToks

07:57of Colin Bridgerton

07:58have you watched?

08:00What the hell does this mean?

08:02So it's like a thirst trap

08:03is like a sexy video

08:04or if you fancied someone,

08:06you might put a hot picture

08:07of yourself online

08:08to be like,

08:09hope they see it.

08:10But a thirst trap TikTok,

08:10but I send him loads.

08:12Yeah, you do.

08:14So you see them.

08:15Multiple.

08:16I don't know the number.

08:17But I'll find like funny.

08:19Yeah, that was very funny.

08:21I was not on my algorithm

08:22whatsoever.

08:23So it's basically like

08:24you don't search,

08:24it's just whatever comes up,

08:25comes up.

08:26Got it.

08:26So I'll save them

08:27and send them to him.

08:28Yeah.

08:28But then I didn't know

08:29that you could see

08:30that Nick could save them.

08:32So then people were like,

08:33what does she save this?

08:34Fans saw that Nick

08:34was saving them.

08:35Yeah.

08:35No way.

08:36Yeah, they saw.

08:37Yeah.

08:38Stop it.

08:39That's the best thing I've ever known.

08:40Yeah.

08:41And they were like,

08:41why is she saving this?

08:43What does it mean?

08:43I'm saving them to send to Luke

08:44at a convenient time.

08:46Yeah, because we had a giggle.

08:47Oh, could you get a notification?

08:49I didn't know that.

08:50Or fans get a notification.

08:50I didn't know that.

08:51I know now.

08:52Oh, that's beautiful.

08:53Wow.

08:53Okay, well.

08:54That's sweet.

08:55Yeah.

08:55How many Pollen fan edits

08:57have you seen?

08:58Oh, millions.

08:59Over the years.

09:00We send those to each other

09:01all the time.

09:02We got really emotional

09:03about that one the other day.

09:04Yeah.

09:04We were in Verona.

09:05We were actually

09:05watching them.

09:07I was like,

09:08Luke, watch this.

09:08It's pretty beautiful.

09:10It's like seeing

09:10their whole journey.

09:11It's like,

09:12I've never seen that.

09:13I haven't watched

09:13back season one and two

09:14in ages.

09:15So it just is like,

09:16I'm in my memory.

09:17If you could name

09:18someone in Hollywood

09:19to be the diamond

09:20of the season,

09:21who would you pick?

09:22Oh, crikey.

09:24Crikeys.

09:26Oh, crikey.

09:26I'm going to do

09:26a good answer.

09:27Oh, no.

09:28I don't crap

09:29at things like this.

09:31We'll give you a minute.

09:32Okay, I know

09:32what I'm going to say

09:33because I really want her

09:35to play Queen Charlotte

09:36on SNL,

09:37Maya Rudolph.

09:38Yeah, it just makes sense.

09:39It makes sense.

09:40So her, yeah,

09:41I'm going to get it.

09:41I love her.

09:42Yeah, great.

09:43Agreed.

09:43I'm not going to sing

09:44anyone out.

09:44No, go on.

09:45I'm using my thing.

09:47I'm using my thing.

09:48I'm spacking you.

09:48Yeah, you haven't used

09:49it as much, so.

09:50Yeah, I've got one.

09:51I've earned one.

09:52Pass.

09:52What is your favourite

09:53Friends to Lovers movie?

09:56When Harry Met Sally.

09:57That's my favourite as well.

09:59That's a good one.

10:00Yeah, classic.

10:00We need more

10:01Billy Crystal type men

10:02and movie rom-coms.

10:03Yes.

10:03Can I go TV show?

10:05Yeah.

10:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.

10:06Yeah, because I've said it

10:08before about Ross and Rachel

10:09because I think they replicate

10:11how like, well, they don't

10:13replicate, we replicate

10:14how they, we were first.

10:16You guys actually.

10:18How they, how Colin and Penn

10:20just never, it never works out

10:22at the right time.

10:23They're constantly missing

10:24each other and there's

10:25obstacles in the way.

10:26Were they on a break?

10:28Yeah, they were on,

10:28they, they were fucking

10:29on a break.

10:30You better fucking believe

10:30they were on a break.

10:31Do you think they were on a break?

10:32No, no, I'm not.

10:33I was about to say,

10:33you were not on a break.

10:35You think they were on a break?

10:37You definitely wouldn't have

10:38thought they were on a break.

10:39Jess and Nick from New Girl,

10:41I think.

10:42Because also that's mine

10:42and Nicola's favourite

10:43on-screen kiss.

10:46Yes.

10:47See, every girl, every girl.

10:48I love that kiss so much.

10:49I watch him do interviews

10:50about that kiss.

10:52When like Liz Murray,

10:53the creator of the show

10:54was giving him notes

10:55and he was like,

10:55you don't need to tell me

10:56how to kiss a woman.

10:57He was on the floor.

10:59I was on the floor.

11:01That kiss was in our group chat

11:03when we were discussing

11:04the first Pollen kiss.

11:05I was sending him,

11:07yeah, because we were

11:07sending each other like,

11:08sexy scenes,

11:09sounds weird,

11:10it's not.

11:11It's just what it is.

11:13So Jess and Nick

11:13was inspiration for Pollen.

11:15Well, yes,

11:16but not for the first,

11:17the first kiss,

11:18that wasn't right for that.

11:19Yeah, yeah.

11:19But yeah, we have another one

11:21in episode,

11:22I'm going to wish it.

11:25Yeah.

11:26Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,

11:27before that live.

11:28Who's Bridgerton love story

11:30are you hoping to see next?

11:33The Netflix sniper

11:34is right there with the guns

11:34if we answer that novel.

11:35Fuck.

11:36I think,

11:36can we do a trio sip?

11:38Cheers.

11:39Cheers, everybody.

11:40Cheers.

11:41What is the primary force

11:44that guides us

11:45along our paths?

11:50I don't know me.

11:51Is it our minds

11:53or our hearts?

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