Bridgerton fans have delved into the backstory of Golda Rosheuvel’s Queen Charlotte, but there’s another character who might also be getting the spin-off treatment.
The period drama, which launched in 2020, is one of Netflix’s most popular shows, amassing tens of millions of streams with every new season. A series tracking young Charlotte’s rise to regal power followed in 2023 and became another huge hit for the streaming service.
Executive producer Shonda Rhimes has shed light on the next direction Bridgerton could be going in. During a podcast interview with Craig Melvin, she said that matriarch Lady Violet (Ruth Gemmell) might receive her own show.
“I’ve always said that I thought if we were going to do something like that, Violet would be a great person to tell the story about,” said Rhimes, calling it “a possibility”.
Gemmell has played Violet Bridgerton – the mother of characters played by Phoebe Dynevor, Jonathan Bailey and Luke Thompson – in all four seasons of the Julia Quinn adaptations released to date.
The latest run of the series saw the widow get engaged to Lord Anderson (Daniel Francis).
Earlier this year, showrunner Jess Brownell shut down speculation that the series could recast key roles from the first two seasons.
The hit Netflix period romance is known for re-centring on new characters each season, with the latest focusing on the love affair between Sophie (Yerin Ha) and Benedict (Thompson).
While many of the core cast have remained in the series through multiple seasons, Bridgerton has seen some noteworthy departures: Regé-Jean Page, who played the Duke of Hastings, left after just one season, while Dynevor, who played Daphne, exited after season two.
It has been speculated by fans that the roles could soon be re-cast, in order to bring the characters back into the world of Bridgerton. But Brownell has denied this, telling Variety: “We are not interested in recasting the characters. I think it would [be] a disservice to everything Regé and Phoebe set up in season one, and all the beautiful work they put into those characters.
“We would love to potentially have them back at some point, but I think, logistically, we want to make sure we bring them back when we have something really meaty for them.”
Since leaving the show, Page and Dynevor have both gone on to work in cinema, with Page appearing in films such as spy thriller Black Bag and fantasy blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Dynevor has featured in films including the erotic thriller Fair Play.
“To have them come back to say a line at a funeral and just prove that they were there, it wouldn’t feel right for many reasons,” added Brownell.
“So I think in my mind, the camera doesn’t capture everything. They’re hypothetically there; it’s television. But we would love to find a time to bring everyone back at some point in the future.”
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