Who could potentially star in Bridgerton season 5?
We do know that it wouldn’t be a season of Bridgerton without the titular family at the helm of the series, as for who will be leading it, we don’t know just yet. Season 4 saw an unexpected exit of Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) and while some viewers may be worried about if she’s gone for good, showrunner Jess Brownell dispelled any fears and confirmed she’s not going anywhere.
She revealed in an exclusive chat with Radio Times: “Absolutely not, you will be seeing much more of Lady Danbury, she has a major role to play in season 5. But it felt important to us to shake up the dynamic and allow Alice to now step into more of the service role with the Queen and to allow Lady Danbury to be the Queen’s peer, at least in a friendship sense.
“I think with that storyline, these two have so many years of history, as we established on the spin-off. I think there are a lot of beautiful big speeches this season, including between the two of them. But what I really wanted to see from them at the end was just for them to laugh and to remember that at the end of the day, they’re just girls, we’re just girls!
“They have that love and acceptance for each other and laughter is the most equalising medicine, when we can laugh together it takes away the lines that divide us. So, I thought that’d be the perfect ending for their story.”
From that, we can also imagine that we’ll be seeing plenty more of Alice (Emma Naomi) as she settles into her role as the Queen’s lady-in-waiting more. As for people we likely won’t be seeing in season 5, we can hazard a guess that we won’t be seeing Lady Araminta (Katie Leung) or her daughter Rosamund (Michelle Mao) again but could expect to possibly explore Posy’s (Isabella Wei) blossoming love story and friendship with Eloise (Claudia Jessie) that we saw in the season 4 finale.
We obviously won’t be seeing anymore of Lord John (Victor Alli) after his tragic death in season 4 part 2. With Michaela (Masali Baduza) sneaking off in the dead of the night and leaving Francesca alone in her grieving period, we would certainly expect her return if Francesca’s set to be the next lead. However, if Eloise is then perhaps we won’t be seeing Michaela’s return for some time. Another question mark of a character return also hangs over Lord Marcus (Daniel Francis) who, despite proposing to Lady Violet (Ruth Gemmell) and having a steamy blossoming romance, seemed to end things after being on two different pages.
As is usually the case, we’ll likely continue seeing the former series leads float in and out of the series so can expect to see Benedict (Luke Thompson) and Sophie (Yerin Ha) as they settle into married life, as well as Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan), who we last saw drafting a novel but was shocked to find someone else writing as Whistledown.
