Caroline Quentin revealed she nearly lost a tooth during a particularly “real” scene in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton. The 64-year-old actress was chatting with Alan Titchmarsh on his show about her recent projects which included a play featuring explicit content that she’s currently starring in alongside her daughter.
She also reminisced about her time on Doc Martin, where she played a vet and got to work with her old friend and Men Behaving Badly co-star Martin Clunes. The pair reportedly spent most of their time on set laughing.
The conversation then shifted to her role in the popular period drama Bridgerton. Caroline portrayed the pushy Lady Berbrooke, who was desperate to marry off her baron son to Daphne Bridgerton.
Despite Baron Berbrooke’s proposal, Daphne had her sights set on the Duke of Hastings, who was not interested in marriage or starting a family. However, as he was the only suitor for Daphne, her mother Violet decided to invite him and his mother (played by Caroline) for afternoon tea.
During this meeting, Mrs Berbrooke is seen being extremely rude and insulting, while outlining absurd expectations for her future daughter-in-law and helping herself to the spread of cakes and sandwiches, reports the Express.
As she bites into a cake, viewers may remember a loud crunching sound that was quite humorous. However, Caroline confirmed it wasn’t scripted and she genuinely thought she was going to lose a tooth.
The topic of the memorable scene came up between Caroline and Alan, with the gardening expert jokingly saying: “There goes a tooth.”
Caroline surprised him with her response, revealing: “Do you know, my friend Lisa who I was at school with does all of the food on Bridgerton and we were in a dormitory together when we were little girls and when I bit down it was one of those silver balls that are on cakes.”
Alan nodded in agreement as Caroline continued: “Well she came over and went ‘I’m so sorry,” she added: “But that was genuine it really was like I think ‘I’ve taken a tooth out’.”
