Bridgerton Season 3 Star Talks Pressure Of Playing Recast Character
New Bridgertonactress Hannah Dodd discusses the pressure of replacing Ruby Stokes as Francesca. Based on Julia Quinn’s series of Regency-era romance novels, the show documents the romantic and social struggles faced by the titular Bridgerton family as they make their debut in high society. Portrayed by Stokes for the last two seasons, Francesca features as the sixth and somewhat more mysterious Bridgerton sibling.
Making its Netflix premiere in 2020 to critical acclaim, the first season of the show placed the spotlight on the eldest Bridgerton daughter, Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor), and her romance with the aloof Duke of Hastings, Simon Basset (Rege-Jean Page). Honoring the order of the original books, season 2 went on to follow the family’s eldest son, Viscount Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), and his eventual relationship with the witty Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). However, commencing production in July, the third season of Bridgerton marks a stark deviation from the chronology of the novels, instead focusing on Quinn’s fourth book, Romancing Mister Birdgerton, which centers on the will-they-won’t-they romance between Penelope Featherington (Clare Devlin) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). Notably absent throughout much of the previous two seasons, conflicting schedules ultimately led to the removal of Stokes as Francesca, with Dodd taking over the mantle in May 2022.
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Now, during an interview with TVLine, Dodd opened up about the pressure of playing a recast character in Bridgerton. Revealing that she had read six of Quinn’s eight books in preparation for the role, Dodd admitted, “I didn’t know what I’d got myself in for”. Though she expressed her
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