Things are getting steamy for Polin! On Thursday, Netflix dropped the final episode of Bridgerton 's third season, giving fans the long-awaited happy ending between Penelope Featherington ( Nicola Coughlan ) and Colin Bridgerton ( Luke Newton ). The fan-favorite romance was sealed with the longest sex scene in the show's history. At nearly six minutes long, the spicy episode five scene is set to a string cover of Ariana Grande 's "POV.
" Fans got their first hint at the steaminess to come when ET spoke to Coughlin back in June 2023, and she opened up about kissing Newton, her real-life pal, for the show. "Luke and I read the books at the beginning of season 1, and it was funny to us. We were like, 'Imagine if we have to kiss and do this.
' And then season 3 come on and we were like, 'Oh god,' and then it's like, it's my friend. I have to kiss my friend," Coughlin told ET. "And you can't pretend to kiss someone, you have to really kiss them.
It's a spicy one. It's a lot of the stuff from the books that the fans expect has made it into the show." It's a feeling Coughlin reiterated in February, when ET spoke to her and Newton again about bringing their characters' romance to the screen.
"I feel like there's always that question being asked of, is it easier to do the intimacy scenes or the more romantic scenes with someone who is your friend of four years or someone you just met for one day? I can safely say it's easier with a friend," Newton said. "There really is that sort of sup.
