Well, there’s a Bridgerton season three script with The Duke and Daphne!
We all remember The Duke from season one and Daphne Bridgerton from season two, but it turns out things could have been very different because there’s a season three script with them!
People have been begging for The Duke to return, although there’s been a lot of talk about why Regé-Jean Page left the show to pursue other things. Phoebe Dynevor, who played Daphne, also left the show, but viewers have questioned why her character didn’t return for the big events of season three.
In season three, Daphne’s two siblings got married, and it was expected that she (and The Duke) would attend – but she didn’t. The show never discussed why Daphne was absent from the big family moments.
However, Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell revealed in an interview that it was heavily considered, to the point that there were versions of Bridgerton season three scripts that featured Daphne and The Duke.
Speaking to Variety, she said: “There was a version of the script this season where at Penelope and Colin’s wedding, we did a line about the fact that, ‘Oh, Daphne wishes she could be here — but she’s pregnant again,’ or, ‘Daphne and Simon? I just saw them, they’re sitting over there.’
“But the truth of the matter is, it’s weird to mention them, and then not see them. But I definitely feel like in my brain, they’re still part of the universe. Obviously, on a TV show, you don’t see every aspect of these people’s lives. And so they’ll still see Daphne and Simon, Daphne and Simon will still come—just not when the camera happens to be there, which is weird.”
We still want them back!
Bridgerton season three is now on Netflix. For all the latest Netflix news, releases, trivia, and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook.
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