Going again in time! Following the success of Netflix’s Bridgerton sequence, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than government producer Shonda Rhimes invested in Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) on a bigger scale.
In December 2020, the regency present impressed by Julia Quinn‘s novels launched viewers to the glamorous London social scene. On the middle of the story was Queen Charlotte — a fictional character impressed by the real-life royal who dominated the U.Okay. till her dying in 1818.
Forward of season 2, it was introduced that Charlotte’s story could be the main focus of a brand new prequel sequence led by Rhimes.
“Many viewers had by no means identified the story of Queen Charlotte earlier than Bridgerton introduced her to the world, and I’m thrilled this new sequence will additional broaden her story and the world of Bridgerton,” mentioned Netflix’s Head of World TV Bela Bajaria in a press release in Might 2021. “Shonda and her staff are thoughtfully constructing out the Bridgerton universe to allow them to maintain delivering for the followers with the identical high quality and elegance they love. And by planning and prepping all of the upcoming seasons now, we additionally hope to maintain up a tempo that can maintain even essentially the most insatiable viewers completely fulfilled.”
Rosheuvel later hinted at what followers can anticipated from the upcoming sequence, sharing with E! Information in March 2022, “I can let you know that it’s an origin story. So you’ll be seeing a youthful Queen Charlotte, I can be in it. Now we have no movie date or any form of scripts or something in the meanwhile.”
On the time, the Dune actress famous that different characters from the unique Bridgerton sequence can be explored as properly.
“I’m actually wanting ahead to what’s going to return out,” Rosheuvel added on the time. “We’re going to nonetheless be on the planet of Bridgerton. We’re not transferring away from the world that we all know and love Queen Charlotte to be in. I feel that’s actually intelligent, as a result of it form of retains us on the identical monitor.”
The Guyana native continued: “I feel it’s actually going to be fascinating to see the place she has come from and the issues which have led her to her within the Bridgerton that we all know and love.”
Adjoa Andoh, whose character, Woman Danbury, can even seem within the prequel, identified that Bridgerton has already paved the way in which when it got here to the friendships. “These relationships are lengthy lived between Woman Danbury, Woman Bridgerton and the queen,” Andoh shared with E!. “That’s what the prequel goes to speak about. It’s Shonda Rhimes writing it, so it’ll be fabulous.”
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