![]() ![]() “One of the things that is different about this genre is that the audience knows the arc completes,” he explains. ![]() The British-Zimbabwean star adds that he relished the idea that “Bridgerton” is essentially an anthology, with each book (and subsequently season) dedicated to a different sibling’s love story. I get to come in, I get to contribute my bit and then the Bridgerton family rolls on.” “ ‘That’s interesting,’ because then it felt like a limited series. It’s going to have a beginning, middle, end – give us a year,” Page says, recounting early conversations with Shondaland producers, who approached him about the role of Simon after “For the People” wrapped up. “Just like, Oh, this is a normal Tuesday, right? I was ubiquitously struck all around and spent most of my hard energy just trying to keep my off the floor.In fact, the short-term commitment was a big part of the role’s appeal, Page tells Variety exclusively. “I just had this utterly surreal experience of spending several hours on Zoom with literal Oscar winners like Olivia Colman, and Helena Bonham Carter, Anya Taylor-Joy,” Page said, still in awe. And if there’s champagne at the finish line, then great.”īefore Bridgerton bows on Christmas, Page takes one more fairy-tale turn-playing Prince Charming alongside an A-list cast on the BBC’s Christmas Eve fund-raising special Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime For Christmas. I put the blinkers on and do the thing, and get to the end. “I get very much like a race horse on the track. “I do my very best not to think about the effects of anything,” he said. Bridgerton marks his first leading role in a series-not that the actor is spending much time analyzing this milestone. Page’s breakout came four years ago with the History Channel’s Roots remake, where Page costarred as Chicken George. “So I dropped out of uni, ran away to go to drama school, did a little bit of telly, and continued doing that. It confuses people to no end.”) He discovered acting through Saturday school in England-which, the actor joked, “is a glorified day care for loud children.” He didn’t take it seriously until being introduced to the National Youth Theatre in the U.K. ![]() You’ll get Tracy Chapman one minute, thrash metal the next, and then Vivaldi. (“My iTunes is thoroughly, thoroughly splintered. ![]() He was a drummer for years, and continues to make music in his free time with his brother. The third of four kids, Page was drawn to the arts growing up. “We were talking about it, and then I was on the plane doing it, and then somewhere along the line, I was like, Oh, by the way, I’m back in the U.K.” Said the actor, “I’m a terrible, terrible child in that sense.’” “ Bridgerton happened so quickly,” said Page, who spent his primary-school years in Zimbabwe before moving back to the U.K. Ironically, it was an American production that brought Page back to England-not that his mother knew that immediately. I had a horrible man yell at me for an hour.” “They had me doing this whole Rocky situation,” said Page, whose handsome nobleman in the Shonda Rhimes–produced series is also a hobbyist boxer. Then there was the physical prep work required for shirtless scenes. “I think we found each other’s relationship mostly on the dance floor,” the actor said. “Plus the communication-how you address the queen, staff, your mates, and everyone in between.” There were extensive dance lessons, which Page and Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Simon’s romantic interest Daphne Bridgerton, found especially helpful. “How to bow and curtsy to various people,” Page explained to Vanity Fair on Monday. For British actor Regé-Jean Page, who sets hearts aflutter in Netflix’s new period drama Bridgerton as the dashing duke Simon Basset, the role of Regency dreamboat required serious preparation.įirst there was the “Regency bootcamp”-where Page and the series’ ensemble cast received a crash course on 19th-century etiquette. ![]()
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