Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutBridgertonseason 3, part 2.
If you thoughtthe carriage scenewas sexy, the second part ofBridgertonseason 3 is here to blow your mind.
“I want to see you sitting up,” he tells Penelope.
Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan on ‘Bridgerotn’.Netflix/Youtube
“And then I want to crawl behind you and cup you.
And I want to do it in front of a mirror.”
There isn’t one handy at the moment, but he vows they’ll do so “later.”
Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan in ‘Bridgerton’.Laurence Cendrowicz/Netflix
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Bridgertontakes this beloved piece of dialogue and spins it into an entire scene.
“He says he would like to do something in front of a mirror with Penelope.
“For us, the mirror became a motif across the season,” she continues.
Of course, she’s not letting her entire self be seen.
She hasn’t told him yet that she’s Whistledown.
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“We wanted to keep it true and authentic to Colin and Penelope,” says Newton.
“So it wasn’t just sexy for the sake of it.
We talked about it a lot.
We had a group chat with the intimacy coordinator.
We would discuss back and forth.”
It was something that I was prepping for and I was more aware of,” he says.
We fell, it was wonky, and we burst into laughter."
“We fell more into the chair,” he continues.
We probably slightly fell out of shot."
“This could be such a Colin and Penn friends-to-lovers moment,” he reflects.
“That they break furniture during their first proper intimate moment together.
When that happens, it' a gift on set.
It just gets everyone in a giddy mood.”
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That sense of play was essential to nailing the scene.
“It’s what makes their love story different,” he notes.
What’s really cool is it’s still really sexy.
People really resonate with that and it feels very real."
Bridgertonseason 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
