The Bridgerton author has said she wants Daphne and the Duke of Hastings to return to the second series, even though they are not the main focus of her second book.
Julia Quinn, 52, has sold more than 10 million novels during her incredible career and was inspired by Netflix’s hit The Duke and I 21 years ago.
However, as the show heads into the second season, which will be based on the book The Viscount Who Loved Me, Julia has revealed that she wants the bosses to deviate from the plot and include kind scenes. with the characters of Phoebe Dynevor and Rege-Jean Page.
Bring them back! Bridgerton author Julia Quinn has said she wants Daphne and the Duke of Hastings to return to the second series, even though they are not the main focus of her second book.
Speaking about the couple’s return in an interview with The Sun, Julia said, “I hope so. They appear in the [second] book. The series doesn’t follow the book word for word, and I don’t think so [it] it should.
“So I hope, for no other reason, that Daphne has the right to interfere with Anthony’s life. Denying him this opportunity would be criminal. I think it would be great to see that.”
Julia also mocked what fans can expect in the long-awaited series two, which will focus on Bridgerton’s older brother Anthony.
She said, ‘Anthony will take it badly. Jonathan Bailey interpreted it so well; you still love him, but he needs to be pulled out by a peg and so many pegs thrown at him. It is amazing.’
Love match: The couple, played by Rege-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor, impressed millions of viewers around the world with their on-screen chemical scenes and violent scenes
In the first series, Anthony was seen trying to be the head of his large family while in love with opera singer Siena Rosso (played by Sabrina Bartlett).
While viewers were able to see snippets of his story, along with snippets of the lives of the other five Bridgerton brothers during the first season, he focused primarily on Daphne.
Julia also revealed that her friends and family told her not to expect the series to become a TV show, as many novels are chosen and not picked up in Hollywood.
However, after Bridgerton’s incredible success after its release on Christmas Day, Julia joked that she has now become her uncle’s favorite relative and has even had to send him signed copies. to deliver them to the nurses in their assisted living facility.
Huge success: Julia’s novel, The Viscount Who Loved Me, will be the inspiration for the second series and will follow the story of Bridgerton’s older brother, Anthony (pictured with his first book)
During its first month of broadcast, Bridgerton was seen by 82 million homes worldwide and was a front-line program in several countries.
In the cheeky series there are many who talk about its great content, and several of the stars reveal that they have not been able to see it with their families.
Featured star Nicola Coughlan recently admitted she was mortified watching the show with her mother, due to “non-stop” sex on screen.
“I knew pretty well how the episodes went and how much sensuality they had,” she said on the podcast Make It Reign. “When I showed him the first episode and Johnny Bailey’s kid showed up very quickly in the first episode, he told me like‘ what’s going on! “
“I had to say,‘ It’s not my fault you didn’t write it, they’re romantic novels and it’s a really important part of the story, ’but I still had problems.
Racy: The show quickly became a worldwide hit after its release on Christmas Day and featured several emaciated scenes (in the image of Jonathan Bailey, who plays Anthony Bridgerton, and Sabrina Bartlett, who plays her interest in love with the opera singer Siena Rosso).
Nicola, 34, who plays Penelope Featherington, explained how episode 6, titled Swish, turned out to be the most uncomfortable to watch with her mother.
“With episode 6 I thought,‘ oh God, what am I going to do? It’s a non-stop talk! I’ll have so many problems. ”I said“ shagging ”on Graham Norton’s show and he was dead.
“He was sweating when I looked at him again! What I ended up doing was quickly moving through all the sexy chunks and at the end of the episode she said, “that one was very short!”
Asked if his family had seen the more adult scenes on the show during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Rege-Jean said: ‘Some cousins from the family WhatsApp group were missing and they said,’ We did the our tactical cups of tea when you started and when we came back you were still going! “‘
Oh dear! Several stars of the show have since revealed that they have had to endure watching the sex scenes with their families, with Nicola Coughlan recently admitting that she was mortified and “soft” while watching her with her mother (in Penelope’s image Featherington)