Queen Charlotte Is The Key To Bridgerton Season 2's Success
Queen Charlotte is the key to Bridgerton season 2's success. Based on the popular period romance novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton is a bold vision of Regency London that — unlike traditional period dramas — focused on a matriarchy in which the women occupy positions of power. Golda Rosheuvel plays the ultimate matriarch, Queen Charlotte, and she will be key to the success of Bridgerton season 2.
Ironically, Queen Charlotte doesn't actually appear in the Bridgerton books. She was added into the narrative to deepen the historical setting, adding a fresh degree of dynamism to Bridgerton season 1. "What really struck me with the books from the beginning is that this was an opportunity to marry history and fantasy in a really exciting, interesting way," showrunner Chris Van Dusen explained in an interview with OprahMag. "So in Queen Charlotte, that was the history. And then it was thinking of these fantastical scenes and situations to put her in that were really fun to write, too." Julia Quinn herself is delighted at the edition, particularly impressed by Rosheuvel's portrayal. Netflix is even working on a spinoff series that will tell Queen Charlotte's backstory.
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Queen Charlotte will play a crucial role in Bridgerton season 2. Each of Quinn's novels focused on a different couple, meaning season 2 will move away from Phoebe Dynevor's Daphne and Regé-Jean Page's Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. The change in focus will be even more pronounced in the Netflix series, however, because Regé-Jean Page isn't returning for Bridgerton season 2; unhappy with becoming a secondary character, he instead chose to move on. That means Shonda Rhimes and her
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