‘Bridgerton’ Director Cheryl Dunye Explains Why Season 2 Didn’t Show Kate and Anthony’s Wedding
05.04.2022 - 21:39
/ usmagazine.com
Changing up the narrative. After fans questioned why Anthony Bridgerton’s (Jonathan Bailey) wedding to Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) didn’t make it into season 2 of Bridgerton, director Cheryl Dunye cleared up the creative choice.
According to Dunye, 55, the team behind the sophomore season of the Netflix series didn’t want Anthony’s nuptials with Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) to overshadow his moments with Kate. When the eldest Bridgerton sibling decided to marry someone he didn’t love, he ended up in a courtship with Kate’s younger sister. However, Edwina realized his and Kate’s romantic feelings for one another and stopped the ceremony before exchanging vows.
“There was a big wedding before,” Dunye explained during an interview with Insider published on Monday, April 4. “Two weddings in a show that were that spectacular, one could not do after the other. I was just like, ‘Yeah, you’re going to make the other wedding look paltry if this wedding was bigger.'”
Even though viewers only saw Kate and Anthony returning from their honeymoon in the finale, the cast recently confirmed that the couple’s onscreen story will continue.
“We’re going to be back! Kate and Anthony are just getting started,” Ashley, 27, told Deadline at a Netflix event in March. “We have the amazing Jess Brownell, who is taking the lead as showrunner in season 3. In season 2, there was a lot of push and pull between Kate and Anthony, there were complications with the family, and then they find each other toward the end.”
The Sex Education star noted that Kate and Anthony’s future would be explored even after their main season concluded. “I think everything is just starting. I’d like to see Kate just let go a bit more and play more in season 3 and kind of