Saturday, April 3, 2021

Why is Regé-Jean Page leaving Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton?’

 

Fans of Netflix’s hit period piece “Bridgerton” were shocked by the news Friday that the show’s romantic lead and breakout star, Regé-Jean Page, would not appear in Season 2.

The British actor — who played the dashing and commitment-wary Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings — was crucial to the success of “Bridgerton,” which quickly took off with viewers hooked on this story of romance told through a contemporary lens.

Even the unflappable Kim Kardashian was stunned by the announcement of Page’s departure, commenting with a flabbergasted “Wait!!! WHAT???” on “Bridgerton’s” Instagram post.

The explanation offered by people close to the Shondaland production raised additional questions. Page told Variety that Simon’s story, of an aristocrat whose fake courtship with the beautiful Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) becomes unexpectedly complicated, was always going to follow a self-contained, single-season arc. Page was signed to a one-season contract, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment.


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