00:00We would love to not have to be having this conversation anymore.
00:03We'd just love the world to be somewhere where...
00:05You can be differently abled, nobody remarks upon it in the show.
00:07You can be whatever sexuality, whatever.
00:10Just being in a room with three other Asian women, I...
00:15I felt like I didn't have to represent, I could just be myself.
00:18I'm focused on the character, I'm focused on...
00:20The work, focusing on the work.
00:21Bridgerton's a game changer, no doubt at all.
00:24Dearest...
00:25Gentle reader, the wait is over.
00:28Bridgerton is back for season four and...
00:30It's serving enough steaminess, scandal and beautiful gowns to cure this author...
00:35Seasonal depression.
00:36Great gowns, beautiful gowns.
00:38Season four is all about...
00:40The Bohemian's second Bridgerton's son, Benedict.
00:43Despite his older and younger brothers both...
00:45Being happily married, Benedict refuses to settle down.
00:48But all that changes when he's captive...
00:50Motivated by a mysterious lady in silver.
00:53Or mysterious in the sense that she's wearing a...
00:55Mask that covers like 12% of her face.
00:58Who wants to fight the lady in the silver gown?
01:00And she is not real.
01:01I caught up with a few familiar faces from the cast to talk about what we...
01:05Can expect this season.
01:06Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury are...
01:08The beating heart of this show.
01:10I mean we've watched their friendship evolve now over five seasons.
01:13Thank you, thank you.
01:14And you know all the...
01:15The history and all the baggage that sort of...
01:17That comes with that.
01:18So what can you...
01:20The ease for fans.
01:21What can we expect from them both this season?
01:22And how might their relationship evolve?
01:25If you shift the order and you start with Queen Charlotte...
01:28Queen Charlotte.
01:29Then you've watched them from...
01:30You know teens and 20s.
01:31Right up till now.
01:32And one, two, three, four.
01:33Yeah.
01:34And you know as...
01:35As with any life we all shift and change.
01:37But you know those long friendships that you have...
01:39There's something...
01:40There's something really magical about that.
01:41Yeah.
01:42And there's something really precious about that.
01:43That someone sees you.
01:45And they see you at all those ages and stages.
01:48But for us what...
01:49It's glorious because...
01:50We get to play deep emotion.
01:52And we get to sort of...
01:54We get to sort of...
01:55Talk to the audience about...
01:56How do you sustain your beloved friendships?
01:58Whatever...
01:59Amuses...
02:00With her majesty...
02:01Most.
02:02Well done.
02:03So then.
02:04Ah.
02:05On and off set.
02:06On and off screen.
02:07There's a real deep respect there.
02:09For each other.
02:10For each other's work.
02:11And for each other's opinion.
02:13And for each other's love.
02:15Of play.
02:16I always love...
02:17The days that we work together.
02:18Because I know it's going to be done now.
02:20It's going to be dynamic.
02:21I know it's going to be testy.
02:22I know it's going to be...
02:23You know...
02:24Full of...
02:25Joy.
02:26Full of...
02:27Inquisitiveness.
02:28For the human nature.
02:29I...
02:30You should like great gossip.
02:31The social season might look a little different.
02:33No.
02:34No.
02:35No.
02:36He must begin.
02:35The proper way.
02:36Dearest gentle reader.
02:39Joining in season four...
02:40Is Katie Leung.
02:41Who gave me the lowdown.
02:42On stepping into the ton.
02:43For the first time.
02:44She is...
02:45Not your kind of average...
02:47Lady in the ton.
02:48You know...
02:49She's quite ruthless.
02:50And...
02:50She gets things done.
02:51But that doesn't come from a place of choice.
02:55Well and I think Sophie really poses a threat to her position as well.
02:58Absolutely.
02:59It goes to show the...
03:00Kind of difficult positions that women are in.
03:02Especially someone like her who's a single mother.
03:05With two daughters.
03:06You know...
03:07She doesn't have sons.
03:08And that's kind of shameful in itself.
03:10There's no one to manage the household.
03:12So for her it's like...
03:13You know...
03:14The stakes are high.
03:15She needs to get her.
03:15Daughters married...
03:16Off...
03:17For the sake of their future.
03:19Her own...
03:20One is not meant to make excuses.
03:23When one makes an...
03:25However...
03:26One is meant to apologize.
03:27It was just really wonderful to...
03:30Be a part of it from the get-go.
03:31Yeah.
03:32You know...
03:33And they really looked after us.
03:34I didn't really have the...
03:35Capacity to kind of...
03:37Overthink it.
03:38In the same way that like...
03:39I did one...
03:40Once upon a time when I was...
03:41Joining Harry Potter.
03:42You know...
03:43Being 16.
03:44And being like...
03:45Whoa...
03:46What's going on?
03:47But...
03:45You know...
03:46It was still obviously...
03:47Quite overwhelming...
03:48Knowing that it's established...
03:49And there's a bit of pressure there.
03:50Going...
03:51Mmm...
03:52Am I gonna make or break it?
03:53And I suppose your character...
03:54Is sort of slightly separate.
03:55At least in the first four episodes.
03:56Yes.
03:57Is she slightly separate from the rest of them?
03:58Yeah.
03:59No I think like throughout actually.
04:00Yeah.
04:01Without giving anything away.
04:02So I didn't really get to...
04:03See the Bridgerton family.
04:05So much.
04:06Em...
04:07But when we did...
04:08It was like...
04:09It was really nice.
04:10It was...
04:10You know...
04:11For one of the ball scenes perhaps.
04:12When we all kind of were dressed in costume.
04:14And like...
04:15Sitting.
04:16Just waiting to go on set.
04:17And that's kind of...
04:18That's when we would...
04:19Kind of get to know each other.
04:20There are rumours of rakish behaviour.
04:21But...
04:22Everyone knows...
04:23Reformed rapes make the best husband.
04:25From day one the show wasn't just about romance.
04:28It reimagined who gets to be at the...
04:30Centre of a period drama.
04:31That legacy starts with Shondaland itself.
04:33Founded in 2005...
04:35By producers Shonda Rhimes.
04:36And Betsy Beers.
04:37Frustrated by stories that didn't reflect the world.
04:40As it actually looks.
04:41They wanted to make shows where messy...
04:43Powerful women led the narrative.
04:45It's a philosophy that gave us Grey's Anatomy.
04:47And eventually found its way to Bridgerton.
04:49Shondaland...
04:50First project under its landmark Netflix deal.
04:52Back in 2017.
04:53A huge part of the success...
04:55Of Bridgerton is seeing women...
04:57And especially women of colour...
04:58In these incredibly powerful...
05:00Roles.
05:01And they're these very formidable characters.
05:03What did it feel like for you?
05:05Sort of stepping into that.
05:07And do you think these sorts of character portrayals of...
05:10Have sparked any shift in the industry?
05:12Bridgerton's a game changer.
05:13Yeah.
05:14No doubt at all.
05:15In those...
05:15In the industry.
05:16In terms of narrative.
05:17It's a...
05:18It's a game changer.
05:19Because it's...
05:20It's...
05:21Said...
05:22We can do all this.
05:23And this.
05:24And everybody come on in.
05:25You know...
05:26You can watch this show and think about the diversity.
05:27Or you can watch this show and go...
05:28Will they, won't they?
05:29You can...
05:30That's a nice frog.
05:31Oh, I love that stately home.
05:32Those gardens are marvellous.
05:33You can do it on any level...
05:34You can do it on any level...
05:35That you choose.
05:36But everything is available.
05:37And I...
05:38You know...
05:39I think we would love...
05:40To not have...
05:41To be having this conversation anymore.
05:42We just love the world to be somewhere where...
05:44You know...
05:45You can be...
05:45Differently abled.
05:46Nobody remarks upon it in the show.
05:47You could...
05:48You know...
05:49You can be whatever sexuality...
05:50Whatever class...
05:51And you know...
05:52All of that...
05:53Because...
05:54Have all the stories.
05:55Because we're...
05:55We're all human.
05:56And we like to see ourselves in stories.
05:57And that's what we do on screen.
05:58And that's what we do...
05:59Behind...
06:00Behind the camera as well.
06:01There's a whole range of...
06:02You know...
06:03People...
06:04Who were just skillful at what they...
06:05To the point where...
06:06You don't have to answer...
06:07Ask that question.
06:08Just being in a room with...
06:10Three other Asian women...
06:12Um...
06:13I felt like...
06:14I...
06:15I didn't have to represent.
06:16I could just be myself.
06:17And focus on the character.
06:18And focus on the character.
06:19And focus on the character.
06:20And focus on...
06:20Work.
06:21Focusing on the work.
06:22It's the idea that...
06:23We can have...
06:24More than one.
06:25Asian...
06:26Person.
06:27In one scene.
06:28At any...
06:29One time.
06:30You know...
06:31Bridgerton's a shiny...
06:32Example of where...
06:33We need to be.
06:34Shonda Rhimes became...
06:35The first...
06:35Major TV producer...
06:36To sign exclusively...
06:37With a streaming platform.
06:38Now this was a...
06:39Game changer...
06:40Changing move.
06:41And that partnership's...
06:42Only grown since then.
06:43Ballooning in 2021...
06:44Into a deal...
06:45More than 450...
06:46Million dollars.
06:47And frankly...
06:48Worth...
06:49Every penny.
06:50Bridgerton is...
06:51One of Netflix's...
06:52Most watched shows...
06:53Ever.
06:54With season 3...
06:55Clocking up...
06:55More than 45...
06:56Million views...
06:57In the first...
06:58Four days...
06:59Of its release...
07:00Rhymes is a master...
07:01At what she does...
07:02Producing...
07:03Moorish...
07:04And unpretentious...
07:05Crowd pleasers...
07:05Unapologetically...
07:06Entertaining...
07:07And a huge part...
07:08Of the appeal...
07:09Is the sheer...
07:10Spectacular...
07:10Of the show...
07:11You can argue in the comments...
07:12About what your favourite...
07:13Bridgerton look is...
07:14For me it's got to be...
07:15Whatever this...
07:15Motorised Swan...
07:16Diorama was...
07:17It needed to glide...
07:18Like a swan...
07:19But whatever your pick...
07:20The costumes this season...
07:21Are on another level...
07:22The glamour...
07:23The detail...
07:24The drama...
07:25So naturally...
07:26I had to ask the cast...
07:27What it's actually like...
07:28Stepping into those costumes...
07:29Every...
07:30Every day...
07:31You two are...
07:32Just in general...
07:33My style icons...
07:34If you see us...
07:35The first thing in the morning...
07:36I know...
07:37The first interaction...
07:38Is...
07:39I've come up into...
07:40The makeup show...
07:41Like I see Adj...
07:42And it's...
07:43Alright Adj...
07:44Alright G...
07:45They grunt at each other...
07:46Basically...
07:47That's true friendship though...
07:48It is true friendship...
07:49That is true friendship...
07:50When you don't have to speak...
07:51No bells and whistles required...
07:52As the minutes go by...
07:54You...
07:55We start to thaw out...
07:56We start to...
07:57Yeah...
07:58I want gossip...
07:59Season 4 of Bridget...
08:00Is dropping on Netflix...
08:01In two parts...
08:02The first four episodes...
08:03On the 29th of January...
08:05And the second half...
08:06On the 26th of February...
08:07This author is...
08:08Fully unqualified...
08:09To...
08:10To create...
08:11Any of these...
08:12Regency era looks...
08:13So any makeup tutorials...
08:14In the comments...
08:15Would be greatly...
08:15Very appreciated...
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