Hollywood remains obsessed with why Regé-Jean Page, the star of Netflix’s most-watched series, “Bridgerton,” walked away after just one season.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote on Tuesday in the last postmortem of his departure that the actor had signed a one-year contract, but that “he was offered the opportunity to return as a guest star in three or five episodes of second season “$ 50,000 per episode, but declined.”
Page had already said his role attracted him because he only had a “one-season bow.” He told Variety, “I’ll come in, bring my grain of sand and then the ‘Bridgerton’ family will get started.”
THR also reported Tuesday that, “sources say almost everyone close to the show knew Page had only a one-year deal” and that Page had focused “laser on his emerging film career.”
Apparently, his agents have been “flooded with movie deals” and there is even fervor from fans to take on the role of James Bond. He is already filming a role in an upcoming movie “Dungeons and Dragons” and has starred in a big-budget Netflix movie from the gurus of “Avengers: Endgame,” the Russo brothers.
Perhaps, to Page’s obsession with the release of the Shonda Rhimes program, is added the story of the star industry that once grew and left television hits for greener pastures, with varying degrees of success. , from the famous departure of David Caruso “NYPD Blue” to the departure of Dan Stevens from “Downton Abbey”.
The second season of “Bridgerton” is filming and still stars another novelty, Phoebe Dynevor, who has also been a starter to go out with “SNL” star Pete Davidson.