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Fans are loving the idea of Regé-Jean Page as the next James Bond after Daniel Craig exits the famed franchise!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCasting Julie Andrews as the voice of narrator Lady Whistledown on Netflix’s new buzzy period drama “Bridgerton” was such a tightly held secret that the stars of the show didn’t even know about it.Regé-Jean Page, who plays the dashing Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, says he found out when it was announced on Twitter. “I was on the train.

Bridgerton, Netflix's amazing, bingeable, escapist series from TV queen Shonda Rhimes (it's part of her epic, eight-series development deal with Netflix).

Spoilers for , ahead, as well as a trigger warning for sexual assault. Netflix's series Bridgerton is certainly steamy and doesn't shy away from sex. However, many on Twitter believe that one controversial scene depicting sexual assault stood out from the rest—and not in a good way. Adapted from a series of romance novels, follows Daphne Bridgerton and Duke Simon Basset, whose fake romance blossoms into a real passion when they are forced to get married as part of a ruse.

Bridgerton has got it all: scandal, romance, bougie balls, and, of course, a jaw-dropping male lead. Regé-Jean Page plays Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, and I'm not saying you'll definitely be drooling over his charm and his hot-hot scenes with co-star Phoebe Dynevor, but you should maybe make a plan to pick your jaw up off the floor.