[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1.] Bridgerton ‘s universe continued to expand in Part 1 of the show’s long-anticipated third season as the Ton introduced Lord Marcus Anderson ( Daniel Francis ) and John Stirling ( Victor Alli ), the latter a character plucked from the pages of Julia Quinn’s novels. Meanwhile, Marcus is a show creation, introduced as Lady Danbury’s ( Adjoa Andoh ) younger brother.
But he’s more than merely a sibling as sparks fly between him and Lady Danbury’s bestie Violet Bridgerton ( Ruth Gemmell ). “Both aspects, being a brother and being a lover at the same time, it’s wonderful,” Francis gushes. “But I think for me, with Marcus, it’s such a genuine desire to experience true love.
He hasn’t had that.” Liam Daniel/Netflix Marcus told Violet of his first marriage, noting that while he and his wife cared for each other, it wasn’t a love match, whereas Violet’s storied romance with the late Edmund Bridgerton could make her skeptical she might find something like it again. Is Marcus about to prove her wrong? “To be showing up quite open and quite vulnerable.
.. it’s nice to play,” Francis admits.
As for the simmering tension between Marcus and Lady Danbury, Francis teases, “We’re in a time where once you are separated geographically, it’s not so easy to communicate. We can’t do a Zoom and have a talk and say, ‘Listen, some stuff happened in the past and we need to resolve tha.
