A version of this story about “Bridgerton” stars Phoebe Dynevor and Nicola Coughlan first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
“Bridgerton” stars Phoebe Dynevor and Nicola Coughlan both took on the roles of Regency-era women who were whip-smart, yet very naive when it came to matters of love and lust. But as the first season of Shonda Rhimes’ smash-hit Netflix series went on, so did the evolutions of Daphne Bridgerton (Dynevor) and Penelope Featherington (Coughlan) into characters who knew what they wanted and weren’t ashamed to go for it, despite the restrictions put on them by society.
Though they’d have expected nothing less from a Rhimes-produced period romance, Dynevor and Coughlan were still overjoyed to learn how their characters were developed through deep, rich season-long conflicts.
“One of the things I loved most about Season 1 was that arc, being able to play...
“Bridgerton” stars Phoebe Dynevor and Nicola Coughlan both took on the roles of Regency-era women who were whip-smart, yet very naive when it came to matters of love and lust. But as the first season of Shonda Rhimes’ smash-hit Netflix series went on, so did the evolutions of Daphne Bridgerton (Dynevor) and Penelope Featherington (Coughlan) into characters who knew what they wanted and weren’t ashamed to go for it, despite the restrictions put on them by society.
Though they’d have expected nothing less from a Rhimes-produced period romance, Dynevor and Coughlan were still overjoyed to learn how their characters were developed through deep, rich season-long conflicts.
“One of the things I loved most about Season 1 was that arc, being able to play...
- 6/20/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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