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We’re rounding up all 'Bridgerton' episodes for your viewing pleasure, from the Quiz Show with the cast of Season 2 to Simone Ashley's getting ready routine.
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00:00This question I had to ask the team because I don't know the answer so good luck.
00:04Okay. What do Reese Witherspoon and I have in common?
00:07You're both beautiful blonde women.
00:14Hello we are the cast of Bridgerton and we are here today to test how well we know each other with Vanity Fair.
00:19You ready?
00:20Ready as I'll ever be.
00:21What?
00:22This is my biggest pet peeve.
00:24Pet peeve?
00:25Yeah.
00:26Is it something to do with like table manners?
00:29No.
00:30Okay. That wasn't going to be my choice.
00:32Everyone used to calm down.
00:34People who like eat up the space, I think you were very professional and I feel like you'd find it a bit irritating if someone came in and like...
00:41Was acting the maggot as we'd say in Ireland?
00:43Is that what it's called?
00:44You're acting the maggot.
00:45So I'm going to go for acting the maggot.
00:46Okay, Luke?
00:47If it's on set, it's like other people talking when we're doing a scene.
00:52That, it's not what I've written down but that really is.
00:55I will say like everyone has to stop talking, sorry.
00:58Yeah.
00:59And I don't like doing it but I will do it.
01:00I've done it a few times.
01:01Bridgerton dialogue is like not the easiest.
01:03I think for you two.
01:04Yeah.
01:05Never forget in season two when they cut the line.
01:07You are obstinate and opinionated with no inclination to obedience or conformity.
01:10Smashed it.
01:11And I couldn't say it that day.
01:12Smashed it though.
01:13Yeah, but on the day I can't remember them and then I'll remember them forever until I die.
01:16People who don't put their trades away in the airport.
01:18Oh, that's an incredible one.
01:20I think it's because I did so many customer service jobs and I'm like, don't make them
01:23do it.
01:24They're all day.
01:25Drives me nuts.
01:26What's my favourite accent to do?
01:27I'm going to say your own.
01:28Oh, okay.
01:29Just let you speak.
01:30American.
01:31I'm going to say when you're Lady Whistledown but pretending not to be.
01:35Oh, like the Irish?
01:36Yeah.
01:37Yeah, you do always look like you're really enjoying it when you do that.
01:38Do I?
01:39Yeah.
01:40No, it's actually like a fake cockney that my friends and I do, which is like really
01:47fake.
01:48Like all of us are like, oh, hi governor.
01:50Give us a go of your tea.
01:51Like it's just.
01:52Give us a go of your tea.
01:53Yeah, I don't know.
01:54I panicked.
01:55I panicked.
01:56Where would Claire Devlin from?
01:58Claire Devlin.
01:59It's a really, it's actually a specific voice.
02:01It's not even just an accent.
02:02It's like the way she speaks is really, really tight and stressed.
02:05But that's really hard.
02:06I don't know if I can do a normal Derry accent.
02:08I can just do that voice now.
02:10It's just like become too much.
02:11That's great.
02:12Yeah.
02:13All right.
02:14Which castmate would I most likely call to bail me out of jail?
02:16Oh my gosh.
02:17I'm going to go Golda.
02:18Oh yeah, that's a great one.
02:19Golda V just would nail it.
02:21Polly Walker.
02:22Good one.
02:23Very good.
02:24Mummy.
02:25Mummy Featherington.
02:26Mummy Featherington.
02:27I'm actually going to say Luke T.
02:28Are you kidding me?
02:29I'd like make her stay in the longer.
02:31You would find it really funny and you'd be like, no.
02:34Yeah.
02:35No.
02:36I'd actually say Claudia.
02:37I was hoping you would, but I thought it would be too early.
02:39No.
02:40I literally saw that dark process with your eyes and I'm like, it is you, babe.
02:43Oh, because I was like, I can't be like, I think it's me.
02:46I think I am incredibly trustworthy.
02:47I would.
02:48I'd be straight there.
02:49Yeah, you would.
02:50You'd sort it out.
02:51Yeah.
02:52What's my signature dance move?
02:53Does it have a name?
02:54Yeah, kinda.
02:55I think it's got to do with your hips moving.
02:58Shakira style hip movements.
03:00Yeah.
03:01Okay.
03:02I've danced with you before.
03:03You're very good.
03:04I think that's right.
03:05I love that you look at me and go, Shakira.
03:07I've actually just written like millennial stink face.
03:09What's that?
03:10What's that?
03:11It's terrible.
03:12I know exactly.
03:13The youngsters are always like, why are you doing that?
03:15And I don't know why.
03:16We're all like, mm, mm, mm.
03:18Oh, yeah.
03:19And then it's just ingrained and I can't help but do it.
03:22Great name for a drag queen.
03:23It really is.
03:24Do you know why my drag name is Kylie Gender?
03:26Yeah, Kylie Gender.
03:27Great.
03:28Very nice.
03:29What band's music videos did I remake as a child?
03:31Can I extend this and say what, like, or a musical artist?
03:34Okay.
03:35I'm going to guess it's busted.
03:37I was going to say Backstreet Boys.
03:38I'm going to say Britney Spears.
03:40Because of your impression.
03:41Yeah.
03:42Oh, gosh.
03:43You do do a good impression.
03:44You're actually right.
03:45I've written down Avril Lavigne.
03:46Oh, my sister and I, she's going to kill me.
03:48We made Us Against the Music and she was Madonna and I was Britney.
03:52So you should get two points.
03:54I've seen the pictures of you.
03:55I had a deep Avril face.
03:57Yeah.
03:58They gave me a camcorder and I lived my life.
04:04What part did I originally audition for in Bridgerton?
04:09I think it was Colin.
04:11No, I want that.
04:12Oh, no, you can't get it.
04:13And I don't tend to agree with that.
04:14Get off my answers.
04:16Get off my answers.
04:18I'm going to say, for fun, the Duke.
04:21Okay.
04:22Yeah.
04:23I'm also going to say the Duke.
04:24Nice.
04:25And I think you did the scene about Daphne and the balls.
04:26Oh, but she knows.
04:27I could tell.
04:28Did we talk about it on the way in?
04:29Yeah.
04:30Not on purpose because I didn't know the question.
04:32No, I just confessed it.
04:33Stop ruining it.
04:34This is rigged.
04:35Yes.
04:36It is.
04:37Simon the Duke was my first audition.
04:38Now I feel like it would be gross.
04:39And I was reading that scene where they were like deciding on how many balls and I had
04:41no idea what was going on.
04:42If you had to like kiss Phoebe, that would be disgusting because I kind of think of you as
04:45sibling.
04:46They're not sister.
04:47What is my favourite cocktail?
04:48I like them to be simple if it's a...
04:50I'm going for a Long Island iced tea.
04:52The highest units of alcohol.
04:54Yeah.
04:55I like them simple, but they're absolutely not real.
04:58I'm going to say old fashioned.
05:00Okay.
05:01Rum and Coke.
05:02Is that a cocktail?
05:03I put Marg's margarita.
05:04Flip.
05:05You snack.
05:06Only because if I had to pick a cocktail it would be that.
05:08I didn't know you were a margarita really.
05:09You're thinking vodka.
05:10Vodka Coke.
05:11It's not really a cocktail though, is it?
05:12I love it.
05:13I like my cocktail simple.
05:14Vodka and Coke.
05:15That's why I thought I can't say that.
05:17Vodka and a glass.
05:18What was the last concert I went to?
05:20I know any concert you went to.
05:22Oh gosh.
05:23Lana Del Rey.
05:25No, I wouldn't go to Lana Del Rey.
05:27Steps reunited.
05:29The tweenies in concert.
05:31Yeah.
05:32The 1975.
05:33That was in the summer, so you could have gone to other stuff since then.
05:36Now you've made me think if it is.
05:38But.
05:39I know you're better than you know yourself.
05:40I think it was Beyonce.
05:41Nice.
05:42Good answer.
05:43I could have worked that out.
05:44Yeah.
05:45You were there.
05:46I wasn't there, but I could have been there.
05:47Was it before or after?
05:48Because you actually might be right.
05:49Go on.
05:50Give us.
05:51Only half though.
05:52How many siblings do I have?
05:54One.
05:55One.
05:56Can I get a next point if I get her name right?
05:57Lauren.
05:58Correct.
05:59One.
06:00Lauren.
06:01Good one, everyone.
06:02Very good.
06:03This question I had to ask the team because I didn't know the answer.
06:05You don't know.
06:06So good luck.
06:07Okay.
06:08What do Reese Witherspoon and I have in common?
06:09You're both beautiful blonde women.
06:11You were both in Walk the Line.
06:13I think I know.
06:14I think I know.
06:15You were both in Legally Blonde.
06:16That's what I'm going to say, but I actually mean it.
06:18Because you were in the stage shop of Legally Blonde and you played Walker on tour.
06:21That is correct.
06:22That is correct.
06:23Oh.
06:24That is correct.
06:25Wow.
06:26When you said that, I was like, how the hell would Claudia know that?
06:29That was my joke.
06:30I was like, you're better legally blonde than this.
06:32Yeah.
06:33Okay.
06:34Do I get half a point?
06:35Yes.
06:38How long did I live on a canal boat for?
06:41Oh, okay.
06:42I'm going to go for two years.
06:43I go to two and a half.
06:44I'm going to say three.
06:45It's three years.
06:47It was bloody good.
06:49I love living on the boat.
06:52People are always like, oh, it must be cold.
06:54But you're more likely to pass away in the summer because it's so hot.
06:57But I loved it and I miss it a bit.
07:00If I wasn't an actor, what would my profession be?
07:03I think you'd want to work in a supermarket somewhere really quiet.
07:06You'd be in like a place where there's people and animals that you're helping.
07:09Is that a job?
07:10Well, like a hospice.
07:11Like a hospice.
07:12Like a hospice.
07:13Is that what you mean?
07:15I'm going to say work in a bookstore.
07:18Oh, yes.
07:19Because you've been reading a lot this year as well.
07:21It really suits you actually, yeah.
07:22Oh, do you know?
07:23I wish that was my answer now.
07:24Something with animals.
07:25So I think Nicola really does get that.
07:26Yeah, well done.
07:27Sweet.
07:28What is the most similar trait I have to Eloise?
07:31I think you're funny.
07:32You're funny.
07:33Oh, that's really nice.
07:35Yeah, I was going to say a sense of humour.
07:36I was going to say reading because you're not that funny.
07:38No, reading.
07:39It's not that funny.
07:40Give me a joke.
07:41I'm all of three.
07:42Fantastic.
07:43Very good.
07:44Sadly, I said we're both smokers.
07:45Oh!
07:46Yeah.
07:47We do.
07:48There we go.
07:49There's that.
07:50But if you'd rather edit that out, that's fine.
07:53What is the meal I could eat forever?
07:58I'm just thinking of season one, the dinner scene when you just ate potatoes all day.
08:03Do you do like a potato?
08:04I just don't know.
08:05It's stupid.
08:06What I'll do is I'll do one scene and I'll catch a bit of potato on a fork and then I'm
08:09like, they've got that.
08:10And I'm like, oh, that's me forever then.
08:11And then I'll eat 48 potatoes.
08:12Are you quite like potatoes?
08:13I love potatoes.
08:14It's fine.
08:15I love a carb.
08:16I love a carb.
08:17Yeah, we're playing it.
08:18Bibimbap.
08:19What is it?
08:20Bibimbap.
08:21It's bibimbap.
08:22And I put spelling because, um, sorry.
08:23Also, I think I said it wrong.
08:24But we knew it was.
08:25I don't know what that is.
08:26It's a delicious Korean meal.
08:28It's fantastic.
08:29What is my party trick?
08:31I'm going to say the clapping game.
08:33That's quite a good party trick, isn't it?
08:35Is it your eye?
08:37Oh!
08:38I was going to say that.
08:39Were you?
08:40Yeah, I promise.
08:41This is going to be its debut.
08:42It's my eye thing.
08:43I was like, is she going to say this?
08:45No, I was like, what if they have horribly insulted you?
08:47I was like, oh, wait.
08:49She takes it out.
08:50Yeah.
08:51I take it out.
08:52Don't sound to some water.
08:53Pop it back in.
08:54My left eye can do a full 360 show off.
08:56But my right eye can only look up and down,
08:58which means I can do things like this.
09:00So, yes, it's my eye thing.
09:01You guys did really well with mine.
09:06If I got shipped off to a deserted island,
09:08what is one item I would bring with me?
09:11I'm going to say a pillow because you love to nap.
09:14You love to sleep.
09:15That's true.
09:16I do love to nap.
09:17Bread.
09:18Butter.
09:19Telly.
09:20It's a piano.
09:21Oh!
09:22You're lying.
09:23That's really cool as well.
09:24I love it.
09:25He loves it, Nicola.
09:26He loves it.
09:27This is good because now we actually get to know each other.
09:29Luke.
09:30Luke.
09:31Luke.
09:32I love it.
09:33Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:34Because I could just do it for hours
09:35because it would be quite boring after a while.
09:36I mean, I'd only be performing for myself,
09:38but still, I'd be quite into it.
09:39It's really sad.
09:40Like genuinely sad.
09:41Luke alone.
09:42I mean like...
09:43Yeah.
09:44Playing Vanessa Carlton.
09:48What item have I stolen from set?
09:51Is it so...
09:52Oh, is it the drawing materials?
09:55Is it like sketching charcoal-y stuff?
09:57I think you're right.
09:58I'm going to just...
10:00Oh, it's clearly not.
10:01Is it?
10:02No, it's something weird.
10:03Look at him.
10:04It's so weird.
10:05It's so dull.
10:06I think...
10:07Oh, it's weird or dull.
10:08It's kind of weird and dull.
10:09I think I maybe...
10:10It's not the intimacy wear.
10:11Is it your own thing?
10:12Well, I was going to go with like...
10:14Underpants.
10:15Benedict's underpants.
10:16Okay.
10:17It is.
10:18Socks?
10:19Oh.
10:20I steal socks.
10:21Costume, man.
10:22Costume them chase me.
10:23They're like,
10:24Luke, where are all your socks going?
10:25No.
10:26You have to do it tactical one week.
10:27But I've run out of socks in my life.
10:29And sometimes I like finish the day and they're on.
10:31And you know when you've packed up and you're ready to go...
10:33Oh, you're not going back.
10:34I'm not going back now.
10:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:36So I just end up with like layers and layers.
10:37Worst is when you get the call and you're like half an hour and you're like,
10:39Do you still have the ring?
10:40And you're like...
10:41Exactly.
10:42How did I celebrate after booking Bridgerton?
10:45Do you know?
10:46No.
10:47You played party rock anthem on the piano.
10:51On the piano, yeah.
10:52On a deserted island.
10:53This is very sweet.
10:54You called a family member.
10:55Okay, great.
10:56You called nearest and dearest.
10:57And you just had like a load of cheese.
10:59Okay.
11:00I'm going to say, not to be copper, I think it's similar, but to add on what Claude said,
11:04I think there was something like, there's the story that they didn't know how to react,
11:07or like, they didn't know.
11:08Maybe I'm thinking, I don't know.
11:10I'm out.
11:11It was just like...
11:12The first I put no clue, don't remember.
11:14Yeah.
11:15Okay, yeah.
11:16But then I did call a nearest and a dearest.
11:18I think possibly like my mum or my dad or someone.
11:20Well, surely.
11:21What colour are my eyes?
11:22Is that actually one of the questions?
11:24Yeah.
11:25What colour are my eyes?
11:26It's right in your eyes.
11:27Blue.
11:28Blue.
11:29Green.
11:30Yeah, I think green.
11:31I've written green, grey, but I think they're green.
11:34They're literally blue.
11:35They're green in the middle.
11:37Yeah.
11:38And they've got blue.
11:39They do look quite blue from here.
11:40Stop it.
11:41He's got blue eyes.
11:42I don't think I've got blue eyes.
11:43Everyone.
11:44Great.
11:45We all got one.
11:46Yay.
11:47Okay, fine.
11:48Which actor inspired me to start acting?
11:49Oh, is it going to be something like classic?
11:50Yeah, it is.
11:51Like Olivier.
11:52Or the one who's got the...
11:54That lad.
11:55Oh, yeah.
11:56You know him.
11:57That's him?
11:58The guy with one of them?
11:59Oh, he's got an arm.
12:00You'd know him everywhere.
12:01So what are you going to go for?
12:02You have to go for something.
12:03Oh, come on.
12:04Yeah.
12:05Okay.
12:06Okay.
12:07I think Steven Seagal.
12:08There's a lot of him in here.
12:09I am.
12:10I'm going to say Hugh Grant.
12:12Okay.
12:13Hear me out on this one.
12:14Go on.
12:15What is it?
12:16It's me.
12:17Now.
12:18Get out of here!
12:19Let me just explain what I mean by me.
12:21Can I cut some trays?
12:22Why?
12:23No!
12:24No!
12:25I can't leave you like this.
12:26Okay.
12:27I'm coming.
12:28I guess like what inspired me to do acting is to do something that really made me feel
12:34good.
12:35Right?
12:36So I inspired myself to do acting because it's what makes me feel good.
12:40It's a less stressful way to be because you're not comparing yourself to anyone.
12:43Yeah.
12:44Or chasing something.
12:45Yeah.
12:46Yeah.
12:47Just being me.
12:48I respect that.
12:49What a nice way to end.
12:50There you go.
12:51Yay!
12:52I know you so well!
12:54She is.
12:55Woah!
12:56You like me!
12:57It's so nice!
12:58It's so nice!
12:59It's so nice!
13:00Look at this little ball!
13:01Beautiful!
13:02It's all small.
13:03Gorgeous!
13:04It's pearl.
13:05Yeah.
13:07I burn for you.
13:08They almost cast me as the Jew.
13:10Clearly you could see from that performance.
13:11But they went with reggae for some reason.
13:13I still don't understand why.
13:15Hello Vanity Fair.
13:16I am Nicola Coughlin.
13:17And today I am bringing you through some Bridgerton Slime.
13:20Which hopefully I know.
13:21And if I don't, we'll both find out together.
13:23And isn't that exciting?
13:26First one is Viscount.
13:28Not Viscount.
13:29Like Anthony Bridgerton is a Viscount.
13:31One step above a lord but not as good as a duke.
13:35So that's why they're all excited when Daphne gets married to the duke.
13:38Because it means she's slightly higher position in society.
13:40I've also known how to say this word for a really long time.
13:42Because there used to be biscuits.
13:44Called Viscount biscuits.
13:45And I mean biscuit in the cookie sense.
13:47There's a lot of definitions happening here.
13:48Even beyond Bridgerton.
13:49Food definitions.
13:50Who knew?
13:51Ton.
13:52Ton is short for the Bon Ton.
13:54Which in French means good manners.
13:55It's like high society.
13:57They were sort of the celebrities of their day.
13:59They were the people that the gossip was written about.
14:01And they used to like chill with the queen.
14:03She was their girl.
14:04Landau.
14:05A Landau is like a fancy horse drawn carriage.
14:08It's funny the carriages in Bridgerton obviously they're real.
14:10You get into them.
14:11But it's super like uncomfortable to ride in a carriage.
14:13Because it's all the cobblestone streets.
14:15And you're just sort of jiggling all over the place.
14:17And you know your wig's gonna fall off.
14:18A spinster.
14:19I mean look.
14:20I can't believe we still have this term.
14:22Men have bachelor.
14:23A bachelor's cool.
14:24And he can go and hangs out with his friends.
14:26And they go holiday.
14:27But if you're like oh me and my spinster friends.
14:29People would be like oh no.
14:30No that's not.
14:31That's terrible.
14:32No a spinster is just an unmarried woman.
14:33But it's like such a mean.
14:35Gives me like.
14:36Rumpelstiltskin vibes.
14:37We need a new word.
14:38We need like hot single bitch.
14:41Let's get rid of spinster.
14:42Come on it's 2021.
14:43Dandy.
14:44I don't know why I'm doing this in a weird Maggie Smith voice.
14:46It's a dandy.
14:47It's like a fashionable guy.
14:48He's into his clothes.
14:50He's a bit of a row.
14:51He's kind of sexy.
14:52Exciting.
14:53He knows what he's about.
14:54Second.
14:55So I didn't learn this from Bridgerton.
14:56I learned it from Hamilton.
14:57You have really made me annoyed.
14:59And therefore I'm gonna shoot at you.
15:01And you're gonna shoot at me.
15:02And that's how we will solve it.
15:03Okay.
15:04Firstly who came up with that?
15:05It's a really dumb idea.
15:06But then your second is the person who like brings your pistols.
15:09They are like the ones who are in charge of executing your estate.
15:14And in Anthony's case during the duel.
15:16If he had been killed.
15:17Benedict was his second.
15:18So he would have taken over all of Anthony's responsibilities.
15:20Also like you're just annoyed.
15:21Why are you making me do all these things with your life?
15:24Dowager.
15:25Dowager is like Lady Danbury.
15:27She is like a wealthy widow who's inherited her husband's estate.
15:31They were nearly the women in society that had the most agency.
15:34Because they kind of had their own money and could do what they wanted to do.
15:37And didn't have to marry some other weird dude.
15:39So being a dowager was actually a really good time.
15:42Let's be honest.
15:43When you burn for someone it means you just like really have the hots for them.
15:46You're just like all about them.
15:48And after the pandemic there's gonna be a lot of burning for people.
15:51Do it carefully.
15:52That's all I'll say.
15:53Courting.
15:54So courting is essentially dating.
15:56You know there's some parts of courting that I'm like bring it back.
15:59You know when you go to the ball and then the next day they show up at your house with flowers and a puppy.
16:04Where did that go?
16:05Why is it like Tinder nowadays swipe left and right?
16:07No bring me a puppy if you are interested.
16:09Adopt.
16:10Don't shop.
16:11Also.
16:12Your Grace.
16:13That's how you would address a Duke or a Duchess.
16:14Would you address a Viscount like that?
16:16I don't know but we're heading into season 2 so I guess I'm gonna find out pretty soon.
16:20That's quite good.
16:21The Dark Walk.
16:22So the Dark Walk was Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens was south of the River Thames in London.
16:27And the Dark Walk was where ladies of the night would go and sort of ply their trade.
16:31A lot of young men spent their time there but if you were a lady caught there, a lady in high society you were in some serious trouble.
16:37Which is why Daphne Bridgerton in episode 1 she gets really scared that she's near the Dark Walk because she would be ruined.
16:42Miniatures.
16:43I'm pretty sure they were created for Bridgerton so they're like a mini deck of playing cards with paintings of all the eligible suitors.
16:49So it's like you kind of knew who was single.
16:51It was like social media before social media.
16:53And it'd be like the Duke of Tiddlington and he has a lot of land and you're gonna spot him at the ball later.
16:59And then he wouldn't look like his miniature and he'd be like oh my god I got catfished and it was a whole thing.
17:04The drawing room.
17:05So the drawing room in modern parlance I would call it a sitting room like your living room.
17:10Those Regency ladies they weren't kind of allowed to do anything so it's where you like sat and read.
17:15Just where you chilled with your homegirls basically.
17:17Leading strings.
17:19So to my best understanding leading strings were like you know when you see like a little toddler on a walk with their mom
17:24and they've got like those little straps around their shoulders so they don't like run away.
17:28That's leading strings.
17:29So it's a lot it's implied a lot in Bridgerton they're like oh him is barely out of leading strings.
17:33And I was always like I don't even know what that means but I do now.
17:36Life is a learning process.
17:38Make haste.
17:39Make haste means hurry the F up.
17:41What are you doing?
17:42You're wasting my time.
17:43I have somewhere to be.
17:44I'm a busy lady.
17:45Hurry yourself up.
17:47Simp it and minced.
17:48You're just like oh I'm so cute.
17:49I'm just like in front of the Queen.
17:51What I don't even know my life.
17:52What's going on?
17:53And I'm just like a cute girl and I know nothing.
17:56Kind of like that.
17:57It's like what Daphne does in front of the Queen and she nails it.
17:59She's like the diamond.
18:00Promenade.
18:01Promenade means to walk.
18:03In Bridgerton it's like you're walking for the display of the suitors.
18:06You're trying to catch a husband when you're going for your promenade.
18:09And I mean they just dressed up in those times.
18:11It's not like us now when you look for your promenade in sweatpants.
18:15It was like the full look.
18:16To promenade with your ladies.
18:18Just going for a walk.
18:19Second born.
18:20I mean it's the Prince Harry thing right?
18:22It's like the first son has all the responsibility.
18:24Has to manage the estate.
18:25Has to do what he wants.
18:27The second born can go and marry like an American hottie and go live in LA basically.
18:32So like Benedict Bridgerton also can go and be you know an artist and live this avant-garde
18:37life.
18:38The first son has the responsibility.
18:39The second son has the fun.
18:40To sire an heir you have to make a baby that will take over your estate.
18:44I feel like that was a very PC way of describing that.
18:48Someone has to be the next Duke of Hastings after Simon.
18:50Gotta make an heir.
18:51Gotta make it happen.
18:52Swoon.
18:53Swoon.
18:54Swoon.
18:55And that was your best flirting technique in 1813 London is just to like fall on the
18:59ground.
19:00And you know what?
19:01Yeah.
19:02Why not?
19:03All the other girls are just walking around in their like petticoats and you're like,
19:05no I'm just going to fall to the floor.
19:07It's a Regency Death Drop.
19:08Is a swoon.
19:09Debuting.
19:10To debut meant that when you were like 16, 17, you were like you are now old enough to
19:15get married and bring some money in.
19:17So we're just going to throw you out there in front of the Queen and all those dudes are going
19:20to look at you and then like one of them can marry you.
19:23It was a bit weird. I mean if I had to actually be presented to like Queen Charlotte IRL
19:28I would simply swoon, darling. Snuff. So snuff is like tobacco that you can inhale.
19:35I used to live in Oxford. I remember there was a snuff shop and it's really stinky and I am not into it
19:41but Queen Charlotte was super into it. People thought she was doing something illegal. She wasn't.
19:45It was simply some snuff. The Modiste. So the Modiste is like the dress designer. All your clothes would be made from scratch.
19:53And if you were one of the Bontan you would be going to get all your designs made and you'd want to look like
19:59the flyest girl at the ball. So you need a really good Modiste and then she's gonna have
20:03lots of sewers underneath her that are gonna make the garments that she designed.
20:07So she was like the Louis Vuitton of the Regency era.
20:11A rake. A rake is like a bad boy. He's gonna ruin your life. He's gonna be like really into you and then not text you back
20:19or not like send you a wood pigeon or like what you know whatever the equivalent was.
20:23He's an F boy. Regency F boy. Simon the Duke of Hastings. Classic rake.
20:28A duke. A duke is his nobility. I think he's like one under a prince. If you've bagged yourself a duke you have done well.
20:34Some serious houses you are getting. You are kind of one of the cool ladies in society. You're gonna get invited to all the good parties.
20:42Oh a diamond of the first water. I thought this was made up for Bridgerton. It wasn't. It was an actual thing.
20:47A diamond of the first water is just the most gorgeous girl in that season.
20:51So in our season it's Daphne Bridgerton who's elegant and flawless and perfect.
20:55As you know there's a lot of pressure when it comes to being the diamond of the first water.
20:58I just want to be like the garnet or the opal of the first water. That's kind of my level that I could cope with.
21:04The social season. So the social season was where the high society families would come from their country homes in the spring and early summer to London to get their eligible daughters married off into other wealthy families.
21:16They all sort of intermarried one another. Whether that was a good idea or not that is what they did.
21:22Skied. Skying is about art. You would go into a gallery and the really good pieces are at eye level.
21:28And then something that's not so great you're just gonna put it up as high as you can.
21:32It's just like colour up there but we don't need to worry about it.
21:35Set his cap. So set your cap at someone means like that's the dude I like.
21:39Penelope has set her cap at Colin Bridgerton even though Colin's like what? He hasn't noticed yet sadly she's not very good.
21:45Your country seat. So if you are one of these super wealthy families you have two homes because like I guess one's not enough or something.
21:51You've got your London house and you've got your country seat so it's where you would go for your shooting and your fencing and sometimes you'd have country parties.
21:59It's your second house basically.
22:01Okay a woman's honour. It's her virginity. They were super serious about virginity and you couldn't even like kiss a guy. You couldn't hold his hand. You were in trouble.
22:09It's super unfair because the women would get all the hard time about it and the dudes could go around doing what they wanted.
22:14Going along the dark walk having the time of their lives but if a woman's honour was besmirched she was in trouble.
22:20A barb. Firstly a Nicki Minaj fan but secondly it's like a reed. It'd be like hmm her petticoats are a little bit crap.
22:30That was a terrible barb. I was just trying to think of it on the spot and that's what came out and we just have to accept that.
22:35Drool. Drool is like dryly funny. So someone like Lady Danbury who's like super super dry but very very hilarious. They are drool.
22:44Dunderhead. In Ireland we were like you Aegis. You're dumb but you're cute and I still like you. It's not like a horrible thing to call someone. It's not the nicest but you get over it.
22:54Well that was it. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you've learned something today and that you were fully prepared to enter the social season for the second season of Bridgerton which will be coming at some point. I don't know.
23:04Thank you for Netflix to tell you. I'm not in charge of that. Bye.
23:34Today's date is the 22nd of. Today's date. Could be December right now. Hell knows. January the 83rd. Today's date is the 22nd of February 2023. We're filming the scene number. I believe it might be scene 33 part 5. We are filming episode 8. Which is the final episode of season 3 and we are currently at the butterfly ball. It is the butterfly ball. Do you want to say that? Oh yeah that's a great answer.
24:04Yeah thanks. That's terrible. I know all of my lines. We have been filming since July. Almost the full year. Since I was 12 and I'm now 46. And as you can tell I'm dealing with it incredibly well. It's the final ball. Like the final final ball. It's in typically over the top Featherington fashion. There's a lot of pieces to cover and we've got like 40 cast. Maybe like 150 supporting actors and then all the crew. So the ball days are always like the big big days on set.
24:29My day begins with a little morning cry. And then I get to work. Someone brings me a coffee. It's outrageous the way I get treated actually. In a way that's brilliant.
24:43Quick breakfast. Get into the chair. Hair and makeup. Get dressed or go to block first. Then come back and get dressed.
24:48I got about half six. I'm in hair and makeup for about three hours. It takes a million years because I'm in a corset. And then I go and see one of my best mates who's my makeup eyes.
24:59She's very good. This is not me. I look like a foot. You can't see it because I'm wearing my blunt stones at the moment. My proper boots.
25:06This is a wig. I have this much hair in real life. And this is tight across my arms. This one's quite loose. But usually my arms can go like meep. And then I can't give them any higher than that.
25:15And then eventually you get called to set. And then we start bloody acting. I hope I can say bloody. Because I've said it twice now.
25:21My day will end when I get home at about half ten, quarter to eleven. Shall I have a vodka? No. There's no time. Have a cup of tea. Go to bed. And do it on repeat.
25:30This scene we've been shooting, I think, since Monday. It is now Wednesday. Since God was a boy, we've been filming this scene.
25:37We have four days here. The challenge, of course, is having everybody in here and actors complaining when they're not in scenes, why they have to be in the background. But this is Bridgerton Balls and what it is.
25:48This is like Ultimate Jenga on steroids. You have about eight scenes held within the frame of one ball. We could be having a scene. And behind us, we have the rest of the tunnel here.
25:57If we're shooting on me, the tunnel is doing this way. If we shoot something from another point, we have to get you and me in the background.
26:02So you have to see everything in 360 degrees, in 4D, all the time. For Tom Verica, who's directing, it's the ultimate crazy mind game.
26:12Once I had the script, I started shot listing, plotted kind of where all of our actors are.
26:16So if I can isolate a character off or be over a character and work them in to editing later on, I have to break all that down.
26:23I think the hardest thing about shooting these sequences is that we can jump in at different parts of the ball.
26:28For example, today we've jumped in towards the end. Yesterday we started sort of earlier.
26:32We have three cameras going. We don't normally have three cameras going, but we need it for this because the amount of coverage that we need to get.
26:38Put it together and the edit it will come together.
26:40Yes, a real collaborative effort from all departments, really.
26:43It's a totally different experience filming this series as a supporting character to a lead character.
26:47I knew how demanding it was going to be, that I was going to be in almost every day.
26:50I think I knew I had to really just get my head in it.
26:52These times can be quite challenging because there's a lot of waiting around.
26:56Conservation of energy is very, very important.
26:58Knowing when to bring the fun and then also when to just key into what's happening.
27:04You have to very much support the other actors. It feels like one big family having everyone in.
27:09You have the Bridgetons, the Ferbictors, Lady Danbury, the Queen.
27:11Well, as someone who deals with crippling social anxiety, mostly it's just the overwhelming amount of people in a space.
27:18That's the hardest bit for me.
27:20That's a really selfish answer.
27:22But the crew deal with it really well.
27:27I prepare well in advance.
27:29I'm working with the production designer, with our DP.
27:32We kind of see what our parameters are.
27:33What's amazing about being at these balls is seeing the amount of detail that's gone into every element of the design.
27:41Whether it's the food, the room, whether it's the costumes, whether it's the hair, whether it's the makeup.
27:46You can really see that the team have come together to create something beautiful on a colossal scale.
27:53I had an idea for a visual effects roof, so we're putting a glass dome on this, which is not here.
27:57And then we talked about the stage, and I wanted a little raised stage in the middle of the room.
28:01The Queen enters, and then Penn ultimately reveals her moments here, and I wanted her to be up on the stage a little bit.
28:07Thematically, metaphorically, it's about her stepping into the light and finding her voice.
28:12We thought about the floor treatment and the fact that from an overhead shot, it would look a bit like an optical illusion.
28:18It gives her gravitas, but at the same time, she's sort of caged by the columns that surround her.
28:24But she's breaking free, and that all plays into that final speech, really.
28:29We looked at the Featherington characters and what we've done in the past for them.
28:32It's a real explosion of colour, this one, isn't it?
28:34Yeah.
28:35It's Regency pumped up, but it's also, for the Featheringtons, it's pumped up as well,
28:39because they've got this in-your-face, bold colour palette.
28:42We can tweak the knob up to number 11, really, because we're in the world of Bridgerton.
28:47First thing we wanted to do was take Penelope away from the Regency line.
28:52We wanted to move her a little bit into the future, and we wanted to definitely give her a waistline.
28:57That was done by George's innovation of...
29:011950s waspies and a wonder bra.
29:03Yeah.
29:04It has the feel of Regency, but it's fantasy.
29:06We come up with any silhouette we like, any period that we like, that looks good on the actor and for the character.
29:13With Penelope, George gave her a nice 1950s Marilyn Monroe shape.
29:17She still looks Regency, she still looks period, but it's a subtle change that people that love her character won't think it's a huge change.
29:25When we have her initial transformation at the Four Seasons Ball, she came out with quite a strong colour.
29:30The whole ball ends up going really badly for her, so her colour palette goes straight down.
29:34This is her coming back out at the end, so we've got a stronger colour again.
29:38We always like to go out with a bang, and working with John, who's the costume designer, you tend to really do that.
29:44And because he does that, I am allowed, with both the hair and the makeup, to go pretty moody, I would say.
29:49I think it feels a little bit like a cabaret.
29:51We've got quite strong colours, even some of the men has got make-up.
29:55With Penelope, my inspiration was a very old, glamorous Hollywood.
30:00Rita Hayworth, definitely.
30:02And then I think a little bit of Jessica Rabbit actually, iconic.
30:05We've got the red lips as well for her speaking out to everybody and telling everyone that she's Lady Whistledown.
30:11The butterflies, the visual effect element, that requires a lot of kind of conceiving ahead of time.
30:17That's what a lot of these actors here are reacting to, which nobody knows what it's going to look like yet.
30:21So my biggest surprise will be once we kind of layer in that last piece.
30:25I think a lot of this season is Penelope realising she can no longer separate her two identities, who she truly is in Lady Whistledown,
30:34that they're one and the same person.
30:35And in order for her to live her truth and for people to really accept her, she has to accept that within herself and present herself to society.
30:42So she takes a sort of terrifying move to write to the Queen and tell her, you know, I am Lady Whistledown and I want a chance to explain myself.
30:48So she sort of comes up in front of all these people, which is something Penelope would never normally do and say,
30:52this is why I did what I did and you can accept me or not, but this is what's happened.
30:56So it's like a huge moment for her.
31:07Penelope speaking her truth is probably the most fabulous thing.
31:10We all have our own internal narratives going and if she's made the internal narrative one of my voice is never heard
31:15and I have to stay in the background, the only way I get heard is when I write as this sort of fake version of me,
31:22Lady Whistledown, when she owns her own narrative and goes, I am that powerful and front footed woman within the body of this shy,
31:30retiring person that society has made me.
31:32She owns the truth of all of who she is.
31:34As a notion, philosophically, that's what we all want to do.
31:37We want to go, this is who I am.
31:39I'm not going to have to fake it because society doesn't like me being who I am.
31:42I'm just going to own who I am.
31:44I'm giving myself goosebumps.
31:45Marvellous.
31:52I don't know that there's ever been a two-page monologue in this show.
32:00That's a lot of words to say all together and also for the character, someone like Penelope would find it so intimidating to stand up in front of 200 people.
32:08It felt like a really momentous thing and you're seeing Eloise in the audience and seeing Lady Featherington and the Queen being there and she speaks to Lady Danbury for the first time on screen.
32:30I'm sure that Oscar and they've spoken, but Aja and I were saying it's so funny in three seasons we've never had a conversation.
32:42Something in Julia Quinn's books is that Lady Danbury and Penelope are really good friends, so it's really nice to have that.
32:47I hope it's only the start of that relationship, that would be very fun.
32:50Colin and Penelope meet towards the end of the ball and they're both on different pages at this point.
33:03It's quite an emotional scene, there's lots of honest feelings, it's a really beautiful moment towards the end of the story.
33:09Luke and I have had that advantage of having worked with one another for two seasons previously, so having that groundwork there was really beautiful to come in and build on.
33:16We spoke today about filming episode eight as opposed to episode one, we're like, it's been eight months, so it's such an intense process, but I think the best thing has been having Luke as a partner within it and having someone that's as invested in the characters and gives us much time and care makes it just a fantastic process.
33:31Bridgerton is such a big world, I feel like we're custodians of the Bridgerton love story for a time and we'll pass it on to the next people, but I take the responsibility seriously and I know these books have been beloved for like 20 odd years, so I want to, you know, honour them as much as I can and get it right for the fans.
33:56I've got to go, you see all these people going in, I'm being called back to video village, so I'm going to go direct to see you again soon.
34:03Hope you've gotten enough time with everybody.
34:06Morning, morning, morning, morning, morning.
34:13Wrap her up, thank you, I'm sorry.
34:15Thank you, I'm sorry.
34:22Hi, my name is Reggerton Page and this is my super secret x-rated party trick, don't try this at home. Or do, just like don't tell people I told you.
34:32Honestly, it's a playground trick, like this is basically growing up as a boy, it's how can I either freak you out, gross you out, or kind of masculinely posture in the grossest way possible and this kind of hits all three bases.
34:43I haven't done it in years. Honestly, this was a desperation trick.
34:46Someone said, can you do anything interesting that is not scripted by another competent human being?
34:51And I said, no, that's why I got into this business or other people were telling me what to do.
34:54And this is all I had left. It's a mildly terrifying trick, you know, just like strap yourselves in at home.
34:59You're fine, you'll be fine.
35:00You know what, this works better with a person.
35:02Julia, why don't you come on?
35:04Just as my lovely assistant.
35:05Hey, hi.
35:06So what I'm going to do is I'm going to dislocate all the bones in my nose and then relocate them within about 30 seconds.
35:13Wait, what?
35:14This is the nose, this is the moneymaker, this is my entire career, gone.
35:17Stop!
35:18Are you sure?
35:19Yeah.
35:20Oh, yeah.
35:21I just gotta, it really doesn't help when you do that.
35:23Sorry.
35:24I need to concentrate.
35:25I thought, oh gosh.
35:26That's so gross.
35:27Do you need to go to a doctor?
35:28Like what's happening?
35:29No, no.
35:30A little lightheaded, but otherwise, I mean, you can judge at home.
35:31Is there something, has it all gone?
35:32So I don't know.
35:33And so that is, that's the trick.
35:34It's also complete bullshit because you can do it at home.
35:35What happens is you make little pyramids with your fingers like that and you use your thumbs
35:51and you just do that behind your fingers and break your nose for your friends.
35:57Ladies and gentlemen, that is my secret potty trick.
35:59Wait.
36:00So you do.
36:01So like, you see like your thumbs?
36:02Yes.
36:03Kind of like, it's almost like you're playing a.
36:05You have strong teeth.
36:06Okay.
36:07You have very strong teeth.
36:08Okay.
36:09Wait, what are you doing with your nose?
36:10Just literally like, just going like that.
36:11Okay.
36:12So you're like covering the trick and then moving your nose.
36:17You can move your hand up.
36:20Yeah.
36:21Yeah.
36:22Everyone, round of applause.
36:24Round of applause.
36:27Julia's soul very briefly left her body, which is a little terrifying, but also hugely gratifying.
36:32It's pretty consistent in that way.
36:34If you can kind of break some for just a moment, heartbreak through me breaking my own face.
36:40Hello, my name's Jonathan Bailey and my obsession is the sea.
36:50The sea's calling.
36:51I think there's a term for it called thalassomania.
36:56I realise now I'm a thalassomanic man.
37:00I didn't grow up near the sea, but I now live by the sea.
37:04My mum's side of the family are all from Newcastle in the UK.
37:07They're all Geordies.
37:08And that side all lived by the sea and went to the sea every other day.
37:13And I live very near to my nana, who's my mum's mum.
37:19She's now 93 in High Sight of the Ocean.
37:22What I think I love, I know I love about the ocean is that it's the, it's sort of the humbling sort of power of it.
37:28And it's ever moving.
37:31It's a piece of art that's always energised and moody.
37:36The power of the ocean is something never to be underestimated.
37:41I remember going when I was 18 with my best friend, we got like this tiny little boat and we rented it for the day.
37:48It was a bit of a dinghy really.
37:50And the engine conked out, but we had a, um, an anchor.
37:56And it was before I sort of really understood what freediving was, but we'd like use the anchor to go as deep as you can go,
38:02which is probably really quite a dangerous thing to do, but it's like being completely submerged in the ocean, I think.
38:10And the pressure that builds as you go down, as you equalise and just like the silence.
38:17There's also so much life down there and far more successful life than I think that we have up here sometimes.
38:23It's quite an earnest thing to think about, but the, but I think the ocean represents everything, doesn't it?
38:28It's like, it can be incredibly picturesque and calm and it can be a place of like reset,
38:33but it can also be the wildest and most sort of viscerally unnerving place to be.
38:39I think there's something about time as well with the sea where no matter what's going on in the world,
38:43no matter where you're at, where everyone else is at, it's something that connects everything and everyone.
38:49No matter what's going on, it will always be pulling in and pulling out.
38:56Hi, Vanity Fair. It's Simone. And I'm so bad at these intros, but come on in and we're getting ready for the Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet.
39:05Red Carpet is kind of weird, aren't they? In the sense that you spend hours and hours getting ready and preparing,
39:21and then you get on there and you literally, within 60 seconds, you have your shot and then that's it.
39:26Yeah, it's so much fun. I came to Cannes years ago with some friends.
39:33We happened to be passing by Cannes and we decided to like just watch who we could see getting out the car on the red carpet.
39:40And I just remember it was Charlize Theron in this yellow gown.
39:45And I was always like, gosh, one day I would love to be here.
39:49That's my first memory of coming to Cannes.
39:56I remember last year coming here and seeing all we imagine as light, winning and having such recognition.
40:04And it made me feel so proud to see my culture and my heritage be represented in this space, in such an iconic space.
40:11It's such an honor. And I think to just be part of such an inspirational group of iconic women and feel very proud.
40:26L'Oreal is part of giving a platform and a space for women in film to have their visions and their voices to be heard.
40:33So I attended last year for the first time and it was my first time meeting all the ambassadors.
40:40And I was kind of nervous, but it was very warm and welcoming.
40:44And it's so much fun to be part of it and to see such talent be presented.
40:49Picture This. We worked on that in 2023. That was an amazing year for me.
41:01I just wrapped on a movie in LA and then came straight back to Europe.
41:06And in the summer we started developing Picture This.
41:09It was such an important moment for me.
41:11And I'm so grateful to everyone involved on that movie that allowed me to have my voice heard.
41:17Because I think that's what's really important about movie making is making sure that younger voices are heard.
41:23Representing what we feel young audiences want to see.
41:26And especially in a movie like this where it is focused on a South Asian family.
41:32We had me and we had a South Asian director and writer.
41:37So it felt very authentic in the sense.
41:40Am I making sense?
41:42I feel like I'm multitasking at the moment.
41:44The dress is quite a statement.
41:48It's a Vivienne Westwood dress from the runway that they did recently in India.
41:52And it's big, so minimal hair and makeup.
41:56And then the dress is the focus.
41:58I love curly hair because it's my natural curls and it's just when I feel my most authentic self.
42:12I'm very, very grateful to be part of Formula One film.
42:16I can't wait to see what Damson and Brad and Javier, Kerry, all of them, what they've executed.
42:24I think it's going to be thrilling.
42:27My music, that is something that I'm working on at the moment.
42:34I've been in the studio or in writing sessions or just everything's been kind of been put into this project.
42:41It feels somewhat confessional.
42:43A lot of my personal experiences and everything that's going on in my life is going to be put into that.
42:48So, I'm scared.
42:52With a smile on my face, scared.
42:54I have just turned 30.
42:56I have a feeling that this is going to be one of the best chapters.
42:59I feel like every chapter has its sunshine moment.
43:03And, you know, its moments where you learn lessons.
43:06I feel like I know myself more than ever.
43:08I feel so confident.
43:11I have developed such amazing relationships and friendships in my life that are very close to my heart.
43:17And, I feel very empowered and excited.
43:21Wow, that was a long-winded answer.
43:24About my thirties.
43:31And another one.
43:32Can I do it this way?
43:33Yeah, thanks.
43:34And now, we're going to get changed.
43:39I get so shy in these things.
43:42Okay, should we go in?
43:43Come on then.
43:53Ta-da!
43:55This, I'm going to sit down.
43:57Because my feet hurt in the heels already.
43:59I am wearing Vivian Westwood.
44:02I've never really worn a dress with a big skirt like this before.
44:06And, I rarely wear white.
44:08So, I feel like it's going to really pop on the carpet.
44:11And, I really like this part.
44:13This detail here.
44:14It's like wings of a dove.
44:15Which I think is really beautiful.
44:17But, I have to say my favourite element of this look is my hair.
44:21I like how big and curly it is.
44:23I feel very myself.
44:24Three red carpet rituals.
44:27Usually, it's an espresso martini and chicken nuggets.
44:32So, that's my ritual.
44:35Thank you, Vanity Fair, for being with me whilst I get ready with my team.
44:40And, I guess it's time to go to the red carpet.
44:43And, congratulations.
44:46Thank you, Dan.
44:47You can get some action video later.
44:48And, Mike, come to me.
44:49I'll see you next time.
44:50But, I'll see you in the next video.
44:51We'll see you in the next video.
44:52We'll see you in the next video.
44:54Here's your comment.
44:56You
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