00:00Luke Benedict is a true gentleman in today's world
00:05where toxic masculinity is talked about every day.
00:09How can we...
00:10race make a generation of gentlemen?
00:13Wow, that's a great question.
00:14I mean...
00:15I think what's interesting about Benedict...
00:20in terms of that is that I feel like often the...
00:25mechanics of like love and sex, with men particularly, can make them...
00:30sort of really...
00:31I don't know if it is specifically male, but it feels like it might be.
00:34It can feel sort of quite...
00:35being...
00:37sort of like compartmentalizing your life a little bit.
00:40and sectioning it down, trying to control...
00:42you know, trying to master...
00:44you know...
00:45those sorts of feelings.
00:46And I think, you know, actually, you know, Benedict does, you know, fall...
00:50come quite close to trying to do that at one point in the season.
00:55So, you know, it is there somewhere, but I think broadly speaking, I think Benedict is a character who...
01:00doesn't have much angst or...
01:05you know, certainly that...
01:07his sexuality is not really...
01:09some...
01:10something that he really...
01:11worries about in terms of that...
01:12what it...
01:13whether...
01:14what it...
01:15what it says about him or...
01:15how it defines who he is.
01:16And I think, like, his easy...
01:19cure...
01:20and...
01:21actually not trying to know...
01:23too much.
01:25and just sort of like going and discovering things.
01:28I think there's a softness in that.
01:30that...
01:31feels...
01:32and...
01:33it's sort of like an...
01:34it feels very organic in a way...
01:35that actually...
01:36traditionally, maybe, would be more ascribed as sort of female qualities.
01:39But I think he...
01:40he has that...
01:41very...
01:42very...
01:43you know...
01:44very deep inside.
01:45And I think that's...
01:46you know...
01:45I think that's...
01:46that's a really refreshing...
01:47to see a man be portrayed like that, I think.
01:49Could...
01:50Sophie been defined as a modern Cinderella?
01:55Yeah, I think so.
01:56I...
01:57I definitely think so.
01:58And I think maybe that's...
01:59oh, I hope that's why...
02:00people still...
02:01are able to connect with her...
02:02even though she's a Regency...
02:04character.
02:05character.
02:06I think there's so many traits in her...
02:07that I think people will really connect with...
02:09in terms of...
02:10having strong walls for herself...
02:12not really...
02:13settling...
02:14for a man...
02:15just because he...
02:16offers something to her...
02:17she doesn't take it immediately.
02:20um...
02:21and also a journey of...
02:22um...
02:23self-discovery and identity.
02:25and what it means to...
02:27be in love with someone...
02:29and to do life...
02:30with someone.
02:31Yeah.
02:32Yeah.
02:33Bridgerton is described...
02:34uh...
02:35and I agree with that...
02:36as a model of inclusivity.
02:38What really works in...
02:40in the industry...
02:41and what still needs...
02:42to be...
02:43worked on.
02:44I think...
02:45Bridgerton...
02:45is an example...
02:46of...
02:47um...
02:48what it means...
02:49to have real...
02:50inclusivity...
02:51because...
02:52you know...
02:53having been...
02:54in it...
02:55and experienced...
02:56the people...
02:57that I'm surrounded by.
03:00and...
03:01it's...
03:02I...
03:03felt...
03:04uh...
03:05for the first time...
03:07I would say...
03:08just...
03:10like...
03:11free...
03:12of...
03:13being...
03:14the...
03:15model...
03:16of...
03:17representation...
03:18for...
03:19my...
03:20people.
03:20whatever that means...
03:21you know...
03:22because there were...
03:23enough of us...
03:25representing...
03:27that I felt like...
03:28I could be myself.
03:30and...
03:32that was a really...
03:33beautiful thing.
03:35and it's...
03:36and that...
03:37it...
03:38that...
03:39yeah...
03:40it shouldn't be like...
03:40that...
03:41you know...
03:42in...
03:432025...
03:44but unfortunately...
03:45we're still here...
03:46still fighting...
03:45for...
03:46um...
03:47diversity...
03:48and...
03:49and...
03:50yeah...
03:50just, you know...
03:51even...
03:52the crew members...
03:53you know...
03:53there was...
03:54diversity....
03:55and it just, it just felt like there was, it, we weren't
04:00ticking a box, you know, and everybody does such a good job in their own
04:05fields and Bridgerton is a successful show and they really focus
04:10on relationship dynamics and that is, you know,
04:15universal and everybody can resonate with that.
04:18So, yeah.
04:20Look to Bridgerton as a beacon.
04:25Of hope and where we should be.
04:29Yeah.
04:30Thank you.
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