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Bridgerton has got fans hot under the collar once again - but there's far more to Pen and Colin's steamy scenes than meets the eye. While the string quartet and layered petticoats help set the scene for the frothy fantasy, fans know all too well how raunchy the sex can be - cue the carriage scene. In the latest season, there's only one couple that's got people talking - Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton.

Now viewers are (not so) patiently waiting for the second half of season 3 to drop on Netflix. But what's the low down on their slow-burning romance ? Played by Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan , the pair go from friends to lovers with quite frankly some of the hottest scenes we've ever witnessed. We often think of the historical upper classes of Britain as stuffy and sexless.



So, to see it in Bridgerton feels deliciously scandalous and a not-so guilty pleasure for many. But how difficult is it to create these steamy scenes, that see Lords and Ladies rid themselves of all their stiff formalities? And how do you make it relatable to audiences? We chat to sex expert and intimacy coordinator Debbie Bere from So Divine about how the magic happens on set. Debbie says that intimacy coordinators are more important than ever, especially after the Me Too movement.

They carry out a variety of roles such as helping choreograph any nude or physically intimate scenes, ensuring actor safety and comfort, creating suitable garments and barriers between actors to prevent both genital.

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