ES Bridgerton Interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton
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00:00Congrats, guys.
00:01Thank you.
00:02How did it feel having your series come around?
00:05Was it exciting? Was it nerve-wracking?
00:07A bit of everything, really.
00:09I feel like we'd been preparing for it for a good couple of years,
00:14and we knew during season two,
00:16but nothing can really prepare you for that, for that first day on set.
00:19No, it's terrifying.
00:20It's such a huge show, and you know how beloved it is.
00:23It's an interesting show in that it's a different lead couple every year,
00:26so you hope people will get on board.
00:28And also, once we knew the storylines for season three,
00:31I was like, we're goals in, this is great.
00:34But then in seasons one and two,
00:35you've just seen Penn pining over Colin and him not reciprocating it.
00:39But then I think the moment that we started to get into it,
00:43I was like, we're good.
00:45Yeah.
00:46Nice. I mean, was it fun getting to delve into that,
00:49the side of your character's sexuality?
00:51I guess Penn has a sexual awakening, I suppose, over the course of the season.
00:54Oh, hugely, yeah.
00:55Was that fun, intimidating?
00:57It was both. It was really, really scary,
00:59because obviously we've been friends for years,
01:01and thinking about kissing your friend is kind of a terrifying prospect.
01:06But we just sort of went with it,
01:09and we had an incredible intimacy coordinator
01:11who helped us feel like we had a lot of agency and stuff.
01:13And they were some of the most fun things to film,
01:16because we felt so in control.
01:18Yeah.
01:19And watching them back as well, it is a bit terrifying before,
01:22but weirdly, when I've watched them, I'm like,
01:24oh, I really love those scenes, actually.
01:26They're really beautiful.
01:27Were there fun moments, or was it very serious and respectful?
01:30No.
01:31That's the way I think we took it on.
01:33Yeah, for sure.
01:34We would laugh about the situation, really.
01:37I remember the first time in the intimacy stuff that we wore,
01:41and I knew that I was...
01:43Actually, I don't know how much I can say,
01:45but I just basically had to prepare Nicola.
01:47He gave me a little preview of what I was about to see.
01:50He was like, Nick, you've got to see this before we go.
01:53It's quite a... It's not even a garment.
01:55I don't know what I would call it.
01:57If she sees this first time on camera, she'll just laugh at me.
02:00He only had something on the front of his body and nothing on the back.
02:04So it was quite... I was like, okay.
02:06A man has to have some dignity.
02:08Yeah.
02:09And in terms of, like, Nicola, for you,
02:11what was your favourite relation to explore?
02:13That with Colin or that with Eloise?
02:15I love them both, but I think...
02:17No, no, no, no.
02:19Because I've had two beautiful seasons with Claudia,
02:22I really loved the relationship with Colin this season
02:26because we get to go through so much.
02:28You know, they have this really beautiful abiding friendship
02:31and then they're really annoyed at one another.
02:33Well, she's really annoyed at him at the beginning.
02:35It has so many peaks and troughs.
02:37You get into the romance, you get into who they truly are.
02:41So that was...
02:42We kind of swapped dynamics, really.
02:44Hugely.
02:45We've kind of had the same dynamic for two seasons
02:48and then we get to... Now it starts to evolve
02:51and it almost flips for Penelope and Eloise,
02:54where they're not getting on at the start.