Dearest, gentle reader! It’s no secret that the summer of 2024 belonged to Bridgerton Season 3. As of now, it sits at No. 6 on Netflix’s Most Popular TV (English) list, with over 105 million views and people spending over 845 million hours watching the season.
Of course, Season 3 followed Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) as he finally realized his feelings for Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan). And with it came so many memorable moments like the carriage scene, the mirror scene, the reveal of Lady Whistledown to the Ton, and more.
But now it’s time to look ahead to Season 4 and which Bridgerton sibling we’ll be following next. In July, Netflix officially revealed that Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) will be the star next season.
It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering Benedict’s book is the third in Julia Quinn’s beloved series, and the show actually skipped over his story to do Colin and Penelope’s first.
Benedict’s love story is based on Julia’s book, An Offer from a Gentleman, and it’s literally the Bridgerton version of Cinderella.
An Offer from a Gentleman follows Sophie Beckett, who dreams of finding her “Prince Charming” when she sneaks into the Bridgertons’ famed masquerade ball. Ultimately, she ends up spending the night with Benedict.
However, when the clock strikes midnight, her fairy tale ends when she’s forced back to her house with her disdainful stepmother. Ever since this magical night, Benedict is determined to find the mystery woman he danced with.
And while Variety broke the casting news for Sophie back in August, today Netflix unveiled the exciting news with a short teaser, which includes Yerin Ha, who will star as Sophie.
The teaser features Yerin looking at a rack filled with clothing, including suits and silver gloves, to tie into her Lady Silver persona, no doubt. It also goes hand-in-hand with Luke T.’s teaser, where he gets handed a suit for a masquerade ball.
You can watch the full video below:
And fans are already super excited as they flooded the comments on Instagram with well wishes for Yerin:
Prior to starring in Bridgerton, Yerin appeared in Halo as Kwan Ha. And next up, you can catch her in Dune: Prophecy, an upcoming TV prequel set in the world of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films.
In an interview with Netflix’s TUDUM, Yerin spoke about her casting, saying, “What drew me to Sophie was that she immediately has obstacles — something that she constantly has to overcome. Whether it’s this battle around social status or trying to hide her feelings from Benedict.”