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Bridgerton’sQueen Charlotteis getting a sexy origin story.
Netflix also shared a clip of Amarteifio discussing the upcoming series with Rosheuvel and Adjoa Andoh, who playsBridgerton’s Lady Danbury.
“We have this wonderful kind of tag team where we high five each other,” Rosheuvel shares of working with Amarteifio. “And the baton is passed on, which I think is a really beautiful metaphor for the older and younger. It’s really cool. I love it.”
Andoh chimes in, “Can I just say as a compliment to you both, there is something so particular and fabulous about your whiplash, heartfelt, witty, sharp Queen Charlotte.”
She continues, “India has absolutely grabbed all of that and made her own and run with it. When I look at India, I see Golda and see young Charlotte become older Charlotte and it’s a beautiful thing.”
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton.LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
In May 2021, Netflix and Shondalandannouncedthat aBridgertonprequelfocused on “the origins of Queen Charlotte” was in the works.
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte.LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storywill explore the young lives of Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Lady Danbury (Arsema Thomas).
The prequel also stars Michelle Fairley as Princess Augusta, Corey Mylchreest as Young King George, Sam Clemmett as Young Brimsley (with Hugh Sachs as adult Brimsley), Richard Cunningham as Lord Bute, Tunji Kasim as Adolphus, Rob Maloney as the Royal Doctor and Cyril Nri as Lord Danbury.
Fans of Julia Quinn’s novels won’t have many clues to the plot of the upcoming series, however, because the real-world Queen does not appear in theBridgertonbooks.
“I haven’t read the books and I made a point of not reading the books because the Queen is not in them,” Rosheuvel told PEOPLE about preparing for her role onBridgerton. “My point of call was really about the scripts, the world that we put Queen Charlotte in. This historical person is being put into a new world, so how does she relate? How does she react? How does she live her life within the world ofBridgerton, within the world that Chris Van Dusen and Shondaland have created?”
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The first two seasons ofBridgertonare now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
