While the characters season 2 of Bridgerton will focus on, and if producers do shoot new deliveries in March, Phoebe Dynevor’s stronger concern is how COVID safety protocols can change logistics.
“I can not imagine how it would be possible to film under these circumstances,” Dynevor, who plays Daphne in the hit series, told our sister website Deadline. Netflix has not officially announced a renewal, though it is anything but certain. ‘There are so many extras and so many crew members, and it’s a very intimate show. It just amazes me how we would film it under COVID rules unless there was a vaccine beforehand. ‘
One of the biggest launches of the streamer to date, Bridgerton has been viewed by 63 million households and is the first series from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland / Netflix deal. Showrunner Chris Van Dusen has created the lush and race-inclusive drama from the Regency era, based on the hugely popular book series by author Julia Quinn.
Production on BridgertonThe first-year season of eight episodes came to an end last year around this time, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic closed and eventually changed the way television programs and movies are shot. But given how sexy and sensual this soapy offering is, one can understand Dynevor’s concern.
The steamy love scenes between Daphne and Rege-Jean Page’s Duke of Hastings, for example, took six weeks to choreograph, she says. Page and Dynevor worked with an intimacy coordinator, and the actress says their chemistry could not have blossomed under face masks and masks.
Dynevor shot Younger last year after closing Bridgerton and did have to follow COVID safety protocols, which were very restrictive in comparison.
“When I was filming, it was masks in rehearsals,” she says. ‘So, you pick them up first [they] says ‘action’. Or at least we do not. It was really a strange experience. I did not see the face of my character’s new boyfriend before we filmed a scene together, which was really bizarre. ‘