While Bridgerton Season 4 will be based on Julia Quinn’s book An Offer From a Gentleman, Luke Thompson’s Benedict Bridgerton has taken a page from another Regency-era novel for the show’s next chapter, according co-star Yerin Ha.
In an interview with TV Insider, Ha shared behind-the-scenes tidbits, like how in one scene, Thompson reminded her of Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
“I literally said to Luke, ‘You’re giving Mr. Darcy vibes, 100%,’” said Ha, who’ll play Benedict’s love interest, Sophie Baek, in Season 4. “I don’t think the showrunners are thinking that, but for me, I’m thinking Pride and Prejudice.”
Benedict and Sophie’s romance, which is the central love story in Bridgerton Season 4, begins at a masquerade ball, where Benedict encounters the mysterious Lady in Silver — aka Sophie in disguise.
Bridgerton’s Fourth Chapter
While further details of the Season 4 plot remain under wraps, Thompson and Ha recently teased what viewers can expect.
On Oct. 28, Netflix released a new video of Thompson and Ha giving a dramatic reading of Quinn’s An Offer From a Gentlemen, in which they confirmed that “preparations for the masquerade have begun.”
In another video for Shondaland, Thompson explained, “It’s a fairy-tale love story,” adding, “But it’s also got the Bridgerton element of trying to tether it to some sort of reality as well and see how that pans out.” In the same clip, Ha described the season as an “emotional tug-of-war,” but perhaps not between the show’s leads. “You can expect this kind of push and pull between what their heart desires and what society kind of desires for them,” she said.
Fellow Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope Featherington and fronted Season 3, also recently teased Season 4. Appearing on Good Morning America in October, she heaped praise on the new leads, saying they’re “doing an amazing, amazing job” filming the fourth chapter.
