Simply because Regé-Jean Web page isn’t on Bridgerton anymore doesn’t imply he isn’t updated with the present’s largest story lives — and extra divisive twists.
“I test in from time to time [on Bridgerton] as a result of I’ve a variety of buddies there and folks I really like, and so they do fantastic work,” Web page, 38, informed DuJour on Monday, April 6.
He quipped: “I’m not totally updated, however I do know sufficient to not be working round asking anybody to be my mistress any time quickly.”
The mistress point out was in reference to season 4 of the hit Netflix sequence the place Benedict (Luke Thompson) obtained backlash for initially making a dedication to like curiosity Sophie (Yerin Ha) by asking her to be with him in secret.
Web page, for his half, hasn’t been on Bridgerton because it premiered in 2020. Bridgerton, which relies on the guide sequence written by Julia Quinn, follows the members of the rich Bridgerton household as they seek for love in nineteenth century London. Season 1 centered on Daphne’s (Phoebe Dynevor) surprising reference to Simon.
After the present premiered, viewers fell in love with Web page and his character, which made his departure that rather more surprising. Netflix introduced in April 2021 that Web page wouldn’t be reprising his function because the Duke of Hastings regardless of plans for Daphne to look in future seasons.
Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Web page in “Bridgerton.” Liam Daniel/Netflix
Web page stood by his determination though followers have publicly voiced their disappointment about not attending to see extra of Simon’s story. Whereas season 2 nonetheless featured a number of appearances from Daphne, Dynevor, 30, later confirmed her personal exit from the sequence, which didn’t look like her selection.
Extra just lately, Web page attended Essence’s Black Girls in Hollywood occasion final month the place pink carpet host Leah Henry requested him about how “lots of people” on the web have expressed curiosity in having his character Simon again on Bridgerton.
“Is there an opportunity you’d ever return?” she requested, to which Web page replied, “You understand, it’s humorous you say that, as a result of I’m not on the web.”
Henry doubled down by mentioning that followers “want” Web page again. “I’m gonna should take your phrase for it,” he replied.
After Henry tried one final time to ask if viewers will “see” him once more, Web page thanked the reporter for the interview and swiftly moved onto the subsequent journalist on the pink carpet. The awkward pink carpet second got here after Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell addressed issues that Simon may return — with a distinct actor within the function.
“We aren’t fascinated by recasting the characters,” Brownell informed Selection in February. “I feel it could really feel like a disservice to all the things Regé and Phoebe [Dynevor] arrange in season 1, and all the gorgeous work they put into these characters.”
Brownell didn’t rule out an onscreen return for them.
“We might like to probably have them again sooner or later, however I feel, logistically, we need to make certain we deliver them again when now we have one thing actually meaty for them,” she continued. “And to have them come again to say a line at a funeral [in season 4] and simply show that they had been there, it wouldn’t really feel proper for a lot of causes.”
She concluded: “So I feel in my thoughts, the digital camera doesn’t seize all the things. They’re hypothetically there [this season] — it’s tv. However we might like to discover a time to deliver everybody again sooner or later sooner or later.”
Bridgerton is at present streaming on Netflix.
