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Should Bridgerton Really Recast Regé-Jean Page's Duke?
It's up for debate whether Regé-Jean Page's Duke of Hastings Simon Basset should be recast in Bridgerton or not. In season 1, Simon marries Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dyvenor) and had an otherwise satisfying one-season character arc. As is the case with Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels, each season focuses primarily on one of the Bridgerton siblings. Daphne makes only a brief season 2 appearance because of the story centering around Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) as per the second novel, The Viscount Who Loved Me. For this reason, Simon's season 2 absence wasn't out of place.