SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from Season 3 of “ Bridgerton ,” now streaming on Netflix. Before “Bridgerton” Season 3 lead Luke Newton booked his role on the Regency era-drama, he was juggling auditions, any acting work he could find and working at a bar trying to pay his rent. Now, he’s leading the series, the third season of which saw its biggest debut in the show’s history .
Part 2 of “Bridgerton” brought gossip galore among the ton, especially for its lead couple, Polin. Penelope Bridgerton (née Featherington, played by Nicola Coughlan) reveals herself as gossip columnist Lady Whistledown to nearly everyone in greater London at the Dankworth-Finch ball after writing a letter to Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) and Lady Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell). After the Queen permits Penelope to keep writing, her husband Colin (Newton) finds a way to support her, despite his initial detestation for the column.
And beyond Polin drama, Cressida Cowper (Jessica Madsen) is shunned from the ton, Bridgerton brother Benedict (Luke Thompson) finds a new throuple and a new gender-swapped Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza) could potentially throw a wrench in Francesca Bridgerton’s (Hannah Dodd) fresh marriage to Lord Kilmartin (Victor Alli). With the lovebirds’ future up in the air, Variety spoke with Newton, who stepped into the spotlight alongside Coughlin this season. Below, he discusses forgiveness between the pair, that mirror scene in Episode 5.