Netflix Bridgerton: Regé-Jean Page won’t return as Duke.
Lady Whistletown announced that Regé-Jean Page will bid Bridgerton good-bye. After the announcement, Page said exclusively to Variety’s Angelique Jackson, “It’s a one-season arc. It will have a beginning, a middle, an end – give us a year, ”the actor shared, revealing that this was part of the plan all along. “[I thought] “That’s interesting,” because then it felt like a limited series. I can come in, I can do my bit, and then the Bridgerton family rolls on. “
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In fact, Shondaland and Netflix had only expected that the returning love story between Simon (Page) and Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) would only appear in the series’ first season. Go forward, Bridgerton will focus on other members of the title family.
Page’s exit left fans in a frenzy similar to Dan Stevens’ Downton Abbey.
So while the Dungeons and dragons Film stands for Page in the near future, the lead actor will continue his work with Netflix as well The gray man. He recently won the NAACP Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. When he got upstairs, he shared, “I’m just excited to see ‘Bridgerton’ continue to train steam and take over the globe,” he said. “But it’s also valuable to complete those arcs and capture the landing.”
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Shortly after its release on Christmas Day Bridgerton has become a huge hit for Netflix, with a record 82 million households taking the show in its first month. The Shondaland series is based on the books by Julia Quinn.
