Bridgerton debuts season four’s first couple

FIRST LOOK: Here’s Yerin Ha and Luke Thompson on the set of Netflix’s Bridgerton as filming on season four gets underway.

Thompson and Ha will be at the centre of the new story as the show’s focus shifts onto second Bridgerton son, Benedict (Thompson) and his quest to find the mesmerising Lady in Silver, Sophie Baek (Ha). Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.

Also joining the series are Katie Leung (Lady Araminta Gun), Michelle Mao (Rosamund Li) and Isabella Wei (Posy Li), while Emma Naomi (Alice Mondrich) and Hugh Sachs (Brimsley) will be part of the main cast.

Leung plays the twice married and twice widowed Araminta, who has two girls debuting on the marriage mart this season and is feeling the pressure to get at least one of them married off. Fabulous, discerning, and blunt, Araminta does not respond well when anything — or anyone — threatens her standing in society.

Mao’s Rosamund is beautiful, vain and eager to please her mother. Rosamund sets her sights on Benedict Bridgerton this season and is determined to get what she wants.

Wei is Posy, Rosamund’s younger, much kinder sister, who is also debuting this year. But her mother rarely puts the spotlight on Posy, as her chatty, overly friendly demeanour often has her putting her foot in her mouth.

Returning cast also include Jonathan Bailey (Anthony Bridgerton), Victor Alli (Lord John Stirling), Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury), Julie Andrews (Lady Whistledown), Lorraine Ashbourne (Mrs Varley), Masali Baduza (Michaela Stirling), Nicola Coughlan (Penelope Bridgerton), Hannah Dodd (Francesca Stirling), Daniel Francis (Lord Marcus Anderson), Ruth Gemmell (Violet Bridgerton), Florence Hunt (Hyacinth Bridgerton), Martins Imhangbe (Will Mondrich), Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton), Luke Newton (Colin Bridgerton), Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), Will Tilston (Gregory Bridgerton) and Polly Walker (Portia Featherington)

For season four, Bridgerton is also expanding its filming locations on one of the newly constructed backlot of Shepperton Studios, showcasing exquisite replicas of Georgian and Regency architecture including homes, buildings, Mayfair Street and more.

Eight months in the making, it has been designed by Bridgerton production designer Alison Gartshore along with supervising art director Antony Cartlidge and art director Adam David Grant. The build spans approximately two acres of Netflix’s backlot at Shepperton, marking a new chapter in the series’ journey.

The season four showrunner is Jess Brownell and the executive producers are Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Tom Verica and Chris Van Dusen.

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