VV: Yes, let’s get into it right away, shall we? That speech Marina gives him - where she basically tells him to move on, grow up, and get a life after he comes to check up on her - was pretty great to watch. Martins Imhangbe as Will Mondrich and Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton. I didn’t have to just go along with him being a different guy now. Which, of course, is all really fun to play because it meant that the character hadn’t had this massive journey of self-discovery that I didn’t get to explore myself as an actor. He’s struggling to move on, feels like he can’t quite put it to bed yet. I think he comes back with a sense of guilt because he’s been away from society and from the ton, from Marina herself and the part he played in her current position. Toward the end of season one, Colin feels like his best solution is to sort of run away from his problems and run away from the scandal and how he feels, hoping that it will give him some clarity, but it just makes things worse. But he comes back with less clarity than when he left. It came from a place of feeling like that’s how he’s supposed to feel returning from his travels. LUKE NEWTON: When he came back and was sort of boasting about his travels and how he found himself, a lot of it was pretense. But very quickly, I was like, “Colin! How can you be so dense?” He’s still kind of pushing Pen to the side, being one of the boys, et cetera. VALENTINA VALENTINI: I really loved this new Colin strolling in with a bit more perspective, this goal of getting to know himself. We get into that speech Lady Marina Crane (formerly Miss Thompson, played by Ruby Barker) schools Colin with, whether we’re all underestimating him, how difficult it is when he has to say something mean to or about Pen, and what we can expect from Colin (and Polin!) down the line.
It’s crazy, and it’s humbling.”Īs season two of Bridgerton began streaming into households worldwide on March 25, we asked Newton to dish on the entire season (spoilers ahead!), and he did not disappoint. But the difference in my life now compared to then, it’s off the scale. “I was working there and living in my friend’s spare room, sleeping on a sofa bed,” Newton reminisces. They even visited the bar at the theater where he served drinks to patrons going to see The Phantom of the Opera - the gig he had when he got the call to play Colin Bridgerton.
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He recounted to Shondaland how he recently got to do a photo shoot where he was photographed in the back of a cab visiting all his favorite places in London, spots that have had meaning to him as he trained at London School of Musical Theatre and got his TV break in 2010 as Luke Atwood on the BBC Two drama The Cut. In his own life, Newton is no stranger to having gone down a few different paths. Now, we’re pretty sure Newton isn’t giving anything major away there about future seasons - but we can dream, can’t we? In any case, as viewers of season two of Bridgerton have undoubtedly noticed, this season certainly sets Colin on a new path: one where he handles some potential business dealings with a deft hand, one where he grows up a bit, and, tragically, one where he is a right arse to his closest friend and confidant, Miss Penelope Featherington.
And then there are some where people are best friends, and over the years they become lovers.” “And there are some relationships that are heavy in the beginning, and it’s just so intense. “We’re trying to cover all types of relationships ,” says Newton. And if you’re anything like us, watching how that relationship unfolds can feel quite frustrating at times. So, with little to ground him in his daily life, Colin keeps coming back to one of the few constants in his life - his friendship with Pen. He doesn’t need to take on all the responsibility like Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), and he doesn’t need to be at the ready like Benedict (Luke Thompson). Colin is the third Bridgerton son, who, because of his birth position, is left in a bit of a no-man’s-land as far as heirdoms go. Or “Polin,” as some stans like to call them.Īs you probably know by now, Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton play Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, respectively. But in the ton, there has always been one constant: Penelope and Colin. In the world of Shondaland's hit Netflix show Bridgerton, couples come and go, families rise and fall, businesses are created, and marriage marts yield surprising results every season.
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