While “Bridgerton” was in production, there was immense speculation on how the show would manage sex scenes. “‘Bridgerton,’ on the other hand, takes place in 19th century London, which has often been whitewashed on screens.” ... having Black people in a big budget production period show—or film—about England before the 1900s feels like a foreign concept for white directors and writers,” wrote Carolyn Hinds from The Observer. Greaney's novel began a bestselling book series, and it is expected that Gosling will continue in the role in multiple film installments. The production budget is typically prepared for a "push" manufacturing system, as is used in … I think that’s a big part of how genre works.”, Matthew also told me that because of the particular genre, she’s not interested in “scolding the series for not matching the history that I know it comes from.”. “If you go in watching ‘Bridgerton’ and say, ‘I think I’m watching Jane Austen,’ you’re going to be disappointed. Considering how much of a hit Bridgerton was with audiences, there's no surprise it's coming back and with a very famous Merlin actor a happy addition to the cast of series two. We’ll miss Simon’s … NETFLIX fans have called out Bridgerton for using the exact same set as The Crown 'to save on budget'. She said: “We’ve made them overdecorated, overzealous and over the top. Hank Stuever. A non-romance reader is unlikely to have a firm grasp of many things about the genre, outside of well-worn jokes about throbbing members and Fabio’s flowing hair, and though romance is among the bestselling genres in the book industry, it’s rarely adapted for TV or film. It has reportedly achieved record ratings and is already set for a second series. “I think the plot lines are bananas. But because Bridgerton is the first fruit of Netflix’s $150 million deal with the US showrunner Shonda Rhimes and her Shondaland production company, things then take a different turn. The piece I pitched never materialized, but the object of my longing did. Bursting though a romance novel may be with carefully researched, period-accurate details about Vauxhall entertainments, Almack’s vouchers or ribboned chemises, these novels really aren’t about the Regency era, or at least not primarily. Dawson noted that while she has plenty of issues with the show and the source material, including its troubling portrayal of nonconsensual sex, “as far as adaptations go, it did a fantastic job adapting what it is like to read a romance. They told Daphne’s sexual evolution and it was really important to get them right.”. But it's neither: It’s Regency romance, and it's spectacular. Bridgerton has become Netflix’s biggest ever original series, it has been announced. At its centre are the quests of girls in the Bridgerton family, to marry.But with Grey’s Anatomy co-creator Shonda Rhimes as an executive producer, this is far from just another Pride & Prejudice. She pointed to the scene in which Daphne Bridgerton punches a loutish suitor who attempts to compromise her, as a moment that would not have appeared in a Regency romance even a few decades ago. The showrunner of Netflix's "Bridgerton" Chris Van Dusen shares his process and advice. “There’s a sumptuous world that has to be depicted, and it seems like that’s a very expensive endeavor,” Matthew said. Practical obstacles to adapting romance also pop up. The hit Netflix series took to its official Twitter account to reveal that the actor, 31, who plays Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, won’t be appearing on season two. In the post-2016 election malaise, these novels became my anxiety palliative of choice. To this day, the people deciding which films and shows to finance are almost entirely men. One social media user posted a shot of him as Simon and gushed: “My guy! And it’s not just the network TV standards and the tidy endings. For other inquiries, Contact Us. “[T]he immaculately rich interiors and production detail of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ make it less a period piece than a kind of fantasy of what the past was like, or could have been, the past re-imagined as product.”. To this day, the people deciding which films and shows to finance are almost entirely men. Her hunky fella Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, is played by Zimbabwe-born Rege-Jean Page, who has been dubbed the new Mr Darcy, referring to Colin Firth’s swoonsome outing in 1995 movie Pride & Prejudice. The Gray Man will be the biggest budget film that Netflix has produced, with a budget over $200 million. It feels a little Jane Austen-y, but it doesn’t work like a Jane Austen novel.”, Nor is period romance merely a form of realist period fiction. The shocking scene in which Daphne, Season 1’s heroine, sexually assaults the Duke in order to get pregnant against his wishes, has received particular scrutiny. It feels a little Jane Austen-y, but it doesn’t work like a Jane Austen novel.”, Nor is period romance merely a form of realist period fiction. another viewer wrote alongside their TikTok video. Fans have been shocked to hear her prim tones describing scandals in Regency society in salacious detail. “I can’t imagine that it isn’t a huge amount [due to] patriarchy, in the sense that for the same reason it gets disdained on the page, it gets disdained on the screen,” said MacLean. “But having given it the multicultural world,” she went on, “I’m really looking forward to what they do with that moment.” With Marina, a young mixed-race debutante who gets pregnant out of wedlock and needs to enter a marriage of convenience, she sees possible groundwork being laid for a more subversive kind of story than the conventional, white Regency romance. In a. on the series, Tressie McMillan Cottom argued that the adaptation’s addition of people of color to “Bridgerton” coupled with a light-handed explanation of their presence, made historical escapism possible for Black viewers, who are often confronted with brutal reminders of slavery and colonialism when consuming historical fiction. But ultimately, she said in a phone interview, “Nobody’s reading Julia Quinn because they’re looking for disquisitions on historical precedent.”, Why has this omission persisted for so long? I was deep in a Regency romance binge a few years ago when I pitched a highly self-interested piece to my editor: an investigation into why this didn’t exist onscreen. “There’s a sumptuous world that has to be depicted, and it seems like that’s a very expensive endeavor,” Matthew said. The show, she wrote, offered “just enough realism to give a Black viewer permission to suspend disbelief” and enjoy the sumptuous sights and passionate sighs. Wealth, lust, and betrayal set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family. Some critics who love the romance genre hated “Bridgerton”; others loved it; others felt all kinds of complicated things about it. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. The Gray Man is set to be the most expensive film ever made by Netflix, with a production budget of $200 million. -Bridgerton (@bridgerton) April 2, 2021 The first season of "Bridgerton," created by showrunner Chris Van Dusen , is an adaptation of Julia Quinn's romance novel "The Duke and I." Bridgerton, Netflix’s new big-budget series, dropped on Christmas Day and is the gift that has delighted many. “There’s a way that the show is telling you, here is how to enjoy this. The production budget, also called the manufacturing budget, is a budget that determines the quantity of the firm's product that needs to be produced during a budgetary time period. And looking at the cast, it’s easy to see where that money is going. ... -Jones, the production designer for the historical romance series, who Chris Van Dusen and Shonda Rhimes gave a lavish budget to create a swoon-worthy production. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Today is National Voter Registration Day! I’m begging the heavens to let it happen.”, Rege-Jean Page, as Simon Basset seems to be getting the most attention, though. In the interest of keeping things fresh, a whole host of new actors are joining the already much-loved cast. They fall in love, and there’s a payoff! was a creature apart from the Jane Austen adaptations and sedate period pieces I already enjoyed, or sexy but bloody cable costume dramas. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, We give you the run down on all the secrets behind Netflix's steamy drama Bridgerton, The eight-part series is based on a collection of romance novels by American Julia Quinn, After three minutes of the first episode, the first romp up against a tree while a nearby footman looks away explodes, The woman behind Bridgerton's costumes is New York designer Ellen Mirojnick, Dame Julie Andrews, The Sound Of Music icon, narrates the drama and plays gossipy Lady Whistledown, Ben Miller, Bessie Carter, Polly Walker and Harriet Cains star as the Featheringtons, Stunning Phoebe Dynevor secures the lead role of Daphne Bridgerton, A scene of Daphne and her lover Simon, played by Rege-Jean Page, created fury as one viewer said 'Bridgerton has an on-screen rape scene of a black man', Fans and critics are praising the steamy show, with one reviewer raving 'Bridgerton is witty, daring, refreshing', New Netflix series Bridgerton leaves fans shocked with racy sex scene in first 15 minutes, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Though the romance world has been undergoing a painful and overdue reckoning with racism in its institutions (most notably the Romance Writers of America), Black romance novelists including Alyssa Cole, Vanessa Riley, and literary legend Beverly Jenkins have found in the genre a way to center Black women’s happiness and care, both in contemporary settings and in historical ones. Deadline revealed that The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working-class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace in the 20th century.She is a “vivacious young” factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. Critics and viewers, at their wits’ ends trying to make sense of this sexy, gossipy, frothy Regency costume drama, also tried to characterize it in terms of beloved on-screen classics: “Pride and Prejudice,” “Downton Abbey,” and, yes, “Gossip Girl.” These comparisons convey some bafflement, an uncertainty about how to categorize a show that isn’t really a realist historical drama, nor an edgy satire, nor a campy soap. The heightened reality and bodice-unclasping of the genre, Matthew said, rely on an intimacy between the reader and the page that’s difficult to translate to the screen. Apart from the idyllic locations and the ultra luxe sets and wardrobe, here are more reasons to binge-watch “Bridgerton,” if … “We all have these fan worlds that when they’re exposed to other people that aren’t a part of that world we might feel protective of, or feel bashful,” she said. Hold your hearts, 'Bridgerton' fans, as the Dyke of Hastings will not be gracing us with his presence in the second season of the Netflix show. Bridgerton season 2. And amid all the sex and swooning and utterly frivolous fashion, there are stories about the relationships we want to have, the work that goes into making them, and the social context that shapes them. It’s no bad thing to follow Simon and Daphne’s journey to a place where sex is joyous.” Phoebe said: “It never felt like the sex scenes were just there for the sake of the sex. With Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Nicola Coughlan, Jonathan Bailey. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. She has two nasty older sisters Philippa and Prudence, played by Harriet Cains and Bessie Carter, both 27. Bridgerton's production rivals that of the most prestigious dramas to date - and likely has a budget to match. One viewer writes: “Bridgerton has an on-screen rape scene of a black man. “The sex is a payoff! “The idea that historical romance would be able to unpack and solve these big issues of colonialism and race and gender and sexual politics and identity from a massive lens is unrealistic when the books are really doing a very specific kind of work around the domestic role of women and other marginalized people in our current society,” MacLean said. It determines the number of units of a … Most other budgets are stated in the form of dollars instead of quantity. Deadline reports: ‘The on-demand platform is hoping that it will kick-start a new film franchise with a James Bond level of scale.’ Best Shows Like Bridgerton to Watch After Your Netflix Binge But if you think it looks ugly, that’s OK.”. Historical romance novels today often feature heroes and heroines having what seem like rather anachronistically tender exchanges about consent. Shonda, who has signed a nine-figure deal with Netflix, was determined to have Bridgerton as her first outing with the streaming service. Netflix’s upcoming feature film, The Gray Man, has the biggest budget the streaming service has ever had, with a budget upward of $200 million, according to Deadline. This budget is stated in units of the product or the quantity. “Bridgerton” was met with valid and vital critiques, especially over its treatment of consent, but also ones that made me wince: that it was formulaic, predictable, vapid, historically inaccurate, best suited for teens. It’s very unprudish about the fact that romance involves physical attraction and that involves physical encounter. They piled up next to my bed and in my e-reader. Production on the first film will begin in Los Angeles in two weeks. “There’s a way that those kinds of incredibly popular adaptations of Austen will make you, I think, expect that you’re watching a certain kind of thing, and romance novels are not trying to do the same thing at all,” critic Aaron Bady said in a phone conversation. The Gray Man is set to be the most expensive film ever made by Netflix, with a Bridgerton probably couldn't have done better than to simply use existing real-world sets and the stately homes, gardens, parks, museums, and streets … Ben Miller, 54, once half of comedy duo Armstrong & Miller plays Lord Featherington. The visual equivalent of a $7.99 mass-market volume calls for a prestige TV budget. Another heralded it as “the shiny little stocking filler the world needs this Christmas”. She said: “I was almost scaring people, like, ‘We have to get these crazy romance novels – they’re hot, they’re sexy and they’re really interesting’.”. Netflix makes historical shows that salve our anxieties with a past where, as he puts it, “nothing bad happens.” In a very real way, this is what the Regency romance genre is, part of its particular appeal: They’re gorgeous, escapist stories that end happily ever after. Production for the star-studded Netflix action movie is reportedly set to start in Los Angeles in two weeks time and the movie is said to hav a $200million budget. Because the genre is generally regarded with such disdain in mainstream culture, it occupies a rather marginalized niche. She made sure that the nouveau-riche Featherington family looked noticeably different from the much more sophisticated Bridgerton girls. The first, an al-fresco romp up against a tree while a nearby footman looks away explodes less than three minutes into the first episode. Whereas romance novels are relatively cheap to publish, printed in the most inexpensive format (mass-market paperbacks) and typically garnering small advances for authors who churn out multiple volumes per year, the vision they conjure is decadent, over-the-top. Instead, a successful romance constructs a world that directs you to focus on a story of love and possibility, and it lets that be sufficient. It features an ethnically diverse cast, including a black Queen Charlotte, sexually charged dances and explicit bedroom scenes. Bridgerton ushers us mere commoners into a world of glamorous balls, diamond necklaces, and jaw-dropping hereditary estates. But in this scene, Daphne straddles him during sex and continues to the end despite his clear reluctance. Eagle-eyed viewers have been quick to comment on what they saw as a … Created by Chris Van Dusen. As odd as it felt to see a straightforward romance adaptation dissected as if it were a failed attempt at matching Jane Austen, it makes sense. Whereas romance novels are relatively cheap to publish, printed in the most inexpensive format (mass-market paperbacks) and typically garnering small advances for authors who churn out multiple volumes per year, the vision they conjure is decadent, over-the-top. It is a real bonkbuster and has turned period drama upside down.”. It is based on Julia Quinn's novels set in the competitive world of Regency era London's ton during the season, when debutantes are presented at court. "I guess they saved on the budget by sharing sets!" We’re not making your grandmother’s period show.” Rege-Jean, who worked with an intimacy coordinator for his sex scenes with co-star Phoebe, said: “There isn’t a puritan sense of shame about sex in the show. Wealth, lust, and betrayal set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family. Bridgerton obviously cost heaps of money, even they didn’t always spend it well. It is to hold a mirror to the present.”. Much of that has to do with telling stories in which women find joy and comfort rather than being harmed or neglected. And looking at the cast, it’s easy to see where that money is going. While the 'Bridgerton' cast embarks on season two production in spring 2021, Page has his hands in several other upcoming projects. I think they’re so extreme that they strain credulity,” she said, laughing. Bridgerton breakout Regé-Jean Page brought representation to center stage at the 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards. Billy Bob Thornton, Alfre Woodard and Bridgerton “That’s not what this is!” The historical romance has finally gone mainstream — and that means a whole new audience is learning how to read a genre so long relegated to the margins. -Bridgerton (@bridgerton) April 2, 2021 The first season of "Bridgerton," created by showrunner Chris Van Dusen , is an adaptation of Julia Quinn's romance novel "The Duke and I." There are gorgeous set pieces and lavishly appointed historic locations, but the costumes are a mixed bag, and, despite its apparently limitless wisteria budget, the production doesn’t have the distinctive and cohesive visual style of say, The Crown , The Favourite , or the most recent adaptation of Austen’s Emma . Kathryn Drysdale, 39, who plays Madame Delacroix, is a familiar face thanks to her role as Louise Brooks in BBC sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Created by Chris Van Dusen. In her, , Patricia Matthew, an associate professor of English at Montclair State University, placed it in a long artistic tradition of Black women depicted in Regency settings. Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page will not be returning as Simon for Bridgerton Season 2. Production for the star-studded Netflix action movie is reportedly set to start in Los Angeles in two weeks time and the movie is said to hav a $200million budget. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Bridgerton producer Chris Van Dusen said: “Period shows tend to be a little conservative and a little traditional. But since Bridgerton filmed on location, it's likely that most of the budget went to creating literally thousands of costume pieces. If you haven’t caught the Bridgerton bug yet, then worry not – Kate Jackson gives you the rundown on all you need to know . See the best reactions to the news and what Rege-Jean Page and Shonda Rhimes said about his departure. It’s not, in other words, to expose the decay at the heart of Regency-era society. Some romance lovers, like Matthew, cringed at the sex scenes, while others (guilty) found them deliciously steamy. And looking at the cast, it’s easy to see where that money is going. Don’t really worry about other things. What ensued was both somewhat exhilarating — getting to see my Regency escapism come to life — and unnerving. YOU will recognise the Bridgerton narrator’s distinctive voice as that of movie great Dame Julie Andrews. IT has been hailed as Downton Abbey meets Gossip Girl. BRIDGERTON is an eight-part series which reportedly cost £5million an episode to make and is based on a collection of romance novels by American Julia Quinn. Historical romances live in these tensions — the escapism of another time battling against the more enlightened social attitudes of the modern era; sheer fantasy coexisting with a critique of gender roles, or even the slave trade and colonialism. “I can’t imagine that it isn’t a huge amount [due to] patriarchy, in the sense that for the same reason it gets disdained on the page, it gets disdained on the screen,” said MacLean. Perhaps it was inevitable that Netflix and Rhimes would be the ones to plunge full-throttle into a genre defined by happy endings, unqualified pleasure, and a vanished historical setting that looks good enough to eat. Bridgerton heart-throb Regé-Jean Page's odds of playing the next James Bond are SLASHED after his shock announcement he is leaving show. Netflix’s upcoming feature film, The Gray Man, has the biggest budget the streaming service has ever had, with a budget upward of $200 million, according to Deadline. My private indulgence, one generally viewed with dismissiveness if not contempt by non-romance readers, had become the target of a full-blown cultural discourse. In the book, this is portrayed as a spur-of-the-moment decision by Daphne and her husband is drunk, but in the show it is more calculating and Simon is clearer-headed.
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