Going again in time! Following the success of Netflix’s Bridgerton collection, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than creator Shonda Rhimes invested in Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) on a bigger scale.
In December 2020, the regency present impressed by Julia Quinn‘s novels launched viewers to the glamorous London social scene. On the heart of the story was Queen Charlotte — a fictional character impressed by the real-life royal who dominated the U.Ok. till her dying in 1818.
Forward of season 2, it was introduced that Charlotte’s story could be the main target of a brand new prequel collection led by Rhimes.
“Many viewers had by no means recognized the story of Queen Charlotte earlier than Bridgerton introduced her to the world, and I’m thrilled this new collection will additional develop her story and the world of Bridgerton,” mentioned Netflix’s Head of World TV Bela Bajaria in an announcement in Might 2021. “Shonda and her workforce are thoughtfully constructing out the Bridgerton universe to allow them to maintain delivering for the followers with the identical high quality and elegance they love. And by planning and prepping all of the upcoming seasons now, we additionally hope to maintain up a tempo that can maintain even essentially the most insatiable viewers completely fulfilled.”
Rosheuvel later hinted at what followers can anticipated from the upcoming collection, sharing with E! Information in March 2022, “I can inform you that it’s an origin story. So you can be seeing a youthful Queen Charlotte, I can be in it. We have now no movie date or any form of scripts or something in the mean time.”
On the time, the Dune actress famous that different characters from the unique Bridgerton collection can be explored as nicely.
“I’m actually trying ahead to what’s going to come back out,” Rosheuvel added on the time. “We’re going to nonetheless be on the planet of Bridgerton. We’re not shifting away from the world that we all know and love Queen Charlotte to be in. I believe that’s actually intelligent, as a result of it form of retains us on the identical monitor.”
The Guyana native continued: “I believe it’s actually going to be fascinating to see the place she has come from and the issues which have led her to her within the Bridgerton that we all know and love.”
Adjoa Andoh, whose character, Girl Danbury, may even seem within the prequel, identified that Bridgerton has already paved the way in which when it got here to the friendships. “These relationships are lengthy lived between Girl Danbury, Girl Bridgerton and the queen,” Andoh shared with E!. “That’s what the prequel goes to speak about. It’s Shonda Rhimes writing it, so it’s going to be fabulous.”
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